NTSB CAROL · Event
Event OAK78DVD14
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
PIPER PA-28R · N1302P
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D1
Operator type
Personal/private
Kind of flying
DD
Weather at impact
Sky
UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
Temp
55° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000007335179
Total time
1,205 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
3,500
Age
33
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
HED AFTER ENGINE SEIZED.
Investigator remarks
LOSS OF OIL PRESSURE FOR UNDETERMINED CAUSE.DITC
Cause factors
- 88/C/81 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OIL EXHAUSTION-ENGINE LUBRICATION SYSTEM Cause
- 88/C/95 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause
- 88/K/88 K MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER 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 0082.
Source file
NTSB_1978_3_0082.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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