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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event OAK78FA040

1978-07-25 BOULDER CITY, Nevada, United States Fatal 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N65841

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 172S

Year of manufacture

2004

Engine

LYCOMING IO-360-L2A (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20041230

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A8AD70

Registrant of record

JUST PLANE STUFF INC

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

SCHEITZER 2-33A · N65841

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

C

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — level (EA)

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

BOULDER CITY

Kind of flying

A1

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

130° / 5 kt

Temp

97° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000332

Total time

1,409 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

10

Age

26

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

UT ATTACH FITTING ON MAIN SPAR.

Investigator remarks

LEFT WING FAILED OUTBOARD & ADJACENT TO LIFT STR

Cause factors

  • 64/A/09 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND EXCEEDED DESIGNED STRESS LIMITS OF AIRCRAFT Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/J/49 J
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS SEPARATION IN FLIGHT Joint cause

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 1617. Source file NTSB_1978_3_1617.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.