NTSB CAROL · Event
Event OAK79DVA24
Registry · N2044W
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
BEECH A36
Year of manufacture
1978 · 1 years old at event
Engine
CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES (285 hp)
Seats / Engines
6 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19781101
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A1A3D8
Registrant of record
MCCRAW RICHARD L TRUSTEE
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
BEECHCRAFT A-36 · N2044W
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
Personal/private
Airport
MADERA MUNICPAL
Kind of flying
B1
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
300° / 3 kt
Temp
70° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000E-1391
Total time
119 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
898
Age
34
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
ETTLE BACK TO RWY.
Investigator remarks
SHORT FIELD TKOF.PLT STATED HE ALLOWED ACFT TO S
Cause factors
- 64/A/12 A PILOT IN COMMAND RETRACTED GEAR PREMATURELY Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/23 A PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS Cause — pilot/personnel action
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 0702.
Source file
NTSB_1979_3_0702.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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