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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event OAK79DVG24

1979-03-19 REDDING, California, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N1951G

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CIRRUS DESIGN SR22

Year of manufacture

2003

TCDS

A00009CH · CIRRUS DESIGN CORP

Engine

CONT MOTOR IO-550 SERIES (300 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20030723

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A17D40

Registrant of record

CLASSIC AVIATION INC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N1951G Cessna 421 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 421 · N1951G

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EB

Operator type

D

Airport

SKY RANCH

Kind of flying

DB

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

045° / 10 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000421B0850

Total time

840 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

2,100

Age

48

Investigator remarks

ACFT HIT DITCH AT END OF RUNWAY.

Cause factors

64/C/48 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE Cause
80/L/BY L
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES OTHER

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 0367. Source file NTSB_1979_3_0367.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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