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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event OAK78FVG35

1978-05-07 AUBURN, California, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N91981 Cessna 182M 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 182M · N91981

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

D

Airport

AUBURN MUNI

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

250° / 3 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

000008259979

Total time

1,139 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

361

Age

48

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

.ABT 91LBS OVR MAX GWT AT LDG.

Investigator remarks

TREES EAST OF AIRPORT.RUNWAY 25 SLOPES DOWN 1.7%

Cause factors

64/C/46 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED Cause
64/C/82 C
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND Cause
64/C/71 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISUSED OR FAILED TO USE FLAPS Cause
88/C/15 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FAILED TO EXTEND THE LANDING FLAPS Cause
80/L/BY L
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES OTHER
88/L/76 L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G.
88/K/DH K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY 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 0974. Source file NTSB_1978_3_0974.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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