NTSB CAROL · Event
Event OAK77FVM28
Registry · N28318
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
INTERSTATE S-1A
Year of manufacture
1941 · 36 years old at event
Engine
CONT MOTOR A&C65 SERIES (65 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19550826
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A2DBBC
Registrant of record
ROBINSON STEPHEN
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
Aircraft involved
Historical record (pre-1982)
NTSB recorded this accident in the pre-1982 coded-field schema — structured fields rather than free-text narrative. Decoded codes use established NTSB single-letter taxonomies; cause factors remain verbatim pending the Form 6120.4 codebook lookup.
Aircraft
INTERSTATE S1A · N28318
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
B2
Operator type
Part 91 (general aviation)
Airport
PENINSULA
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000010
Total time
4,288 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
82
Age
17
Investigator remarks
HAND PROPPING,NO CHOCKS.
Cause factors
- 64/A/37 A PILOT IN COMMAND STARTED ENGINE WITHOUT PROPER ASSISTANCE/EQUIPMENT Cause — pilot/personnel action
Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table). Each row shows the raw triplet, modifier (Cause / Factor / etc.), category, and specific code.
Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket
3 2178.
Source file
NTSB_1977_3_2178.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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