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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event OAK78FVM16

1978-04-06 WATSONVILLE, California, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N67344

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

BOEING B75N1

Year of manufacture

1943 · 35 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR W670 SERIES (250 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19900924

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A8E9DE

Registrant of record

REGENT TRUST CORP TRUSTEE

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N67344 Stearman B75N1 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

STEARMAN B75N1 · N67344

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

DJ

Operator type

Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)

Kind of flying

CA

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Temp

50° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000075-6958

Total time

4,823 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

10,000

Age

60

Investigator remarks

DUSTING CELERY.

Cause factors

64/C/32 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL Cause
88/C/19 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS INATTENTIVE TO FUEL SUPPLY 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 0646. Source file NTSB_1978_3_0646.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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