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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event OAK78DVM43

1978-08-30 SAN FRANCISCO, California, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N734UF

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 172N

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19770513

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A9DBAF

Registrant of record

ALEN SERGIO RAUL

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N734UF Cessna 172N None

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

CESSNA 172N · N734UF

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

B0

Operator type

E

Airport

SAN FRANCISCO

Kind of flying

CJ

Weather at impact

Sky

SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET

Wind

280° / 25 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

000017269119

Total time

832 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

2,700

Age

29

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

STING TO 40KTS.

Investigator remarks

ACFT WAS UPSET BY PROPWASH OF LARGE ACFT.WIND GU

Cause factors

64/C/20 C
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. Cause
84/C/2 C
MISCELLANEOUS PROP/JET/ROTOR BLAST Cause
82/L/H L
WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS

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 3092. Source file NTSB_1978_3_3092.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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