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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event OAK78FVG18

1978-02-03 DAVIS, California, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N44926

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

NAVAL AIRCRAFT FACTORY N3N-3

Year of manufacture

1940 · 38 years old at event

Engine

P&W R-985 SERIES (450 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19560601

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A56EC9

Registrant of record

MID CONTINENT AIRCRAFT CORP

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N44926 NAVY N3N 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

NAVY N3N · N44926

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

DD

Operator type

Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)

Airport

YOLO COUNTY

Kind of flying

CB

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Wind

315° / 10 kt

Temp

60° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000001980

Total time

9,941 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

6,358

Age

39

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

CRAFT NOSED OVER.

Investigator remarks

FORCED LANDING ON LEVEL BUT VERY SOFT GROUND,AIR

Cause factors

64/C/29 C
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
64/C/32 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL Cause
88/C/63 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL EXHAUSTION Cause
83/B/A B
TERRAIN WET,SOFT GROUND

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 0076. Source file NTSB_1978_3_0076.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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