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OAK78FVD52

1978-08-15 · STOCKTON, California, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
ROCKWELL A-9B · N7906V
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
DG
Operator type
Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)
Kind of flying
CA

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR
Wind
220° / 3 kt
Temp
70° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000001555
Total time
2,494 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
3,635
Age
30

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

SION FAILED IN COMPRESSION,ACFT SPRAYING ALFALFA.

Investigator remarks

CARRY THROUGH WING STRUT-COMPRESSION-HEAVY CORRO

Cause factors

  • 70/A/AD A
    AIRFRAME BRACING WIRES,STRUTS Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/A/95 A
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause — pilot/personnel action

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 2062. Source file NTSB_1978_3_2062.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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