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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event OAK79DVG08

1978-12-20 YUBA CITY, California, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N2118S

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA T210L

Year of manufacture

1975 · 3 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER (300 hp)

Seats / Engines

6 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19751208

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A1C0BA

Registrant of record

ABES ERIKA

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N2118S Cessna T210L 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 T210L · N2118S

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

D

Airport

SUTTER COUNTY

Kind of flying

DB

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

38° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000021061081

Total time

784 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

304

Age

20

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

80206-1,BROKEN.FLT OPERATIONAL CHECK AFT ANNUAL.

Investigator remarks

NOSE L/G ACTUATOR/DRAG STRUT SPRING GUIDE,P/N 12

Cause factors

68/A/D4 A
PERSONNEL INADEQUATE INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) Cause — pilot/personnel action
70/A/CM A
AIRFRAME GEAR LOCKING MECHANISM 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). Each row shows the raw triplet, modifier (Cause / Factor / etc.), category, and specific code.

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 3428. Source file NTSB_1978_3_3428.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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