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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event OAK78DVA50

1978-06-27 MODESTO, California, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N3RH

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CORBEN BABY ACE D

Engine

CONT MOTOR A&C75 SERIES (75 hp)

Seats / Engines

1 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19791115

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A31C1F

Registrant of record

OHLAU MARK A

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

CORBEN BABY A · N3RH

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

D

Airport

PRIVATE

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET

Wind

135° / 5 kt

Temp

67° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000000REH-1

Total time

303 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

376

Age

45

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

. WND GUSTING 10K.

Investigator remarks

30 FT PWR LINE RECENTLY CONST AT EAST END OF RWY

Cause factors

  • 64/C/25 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER LEVEL OFF Cause
  • 64/C/62 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING Cause
  • 64/C/28 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS Cause
  • 88/L/AQ L
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DOWNWIND
  • 83/K/I K
    TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS Joint factor

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 1130. Source file NTSB_1978_3_1130.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.