NTSB CAROL · Event
Event OAK79DVG62
Registry · N9768
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
GRUMMAN ACFT ENG COR-SCHWEIZER G-164A
Year of manufacture
1974 · 5 years old at event
Engine
P&W R1340 SERIES (600 hp)
Seats / Engines
1 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19740419
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AD9D5F
Registrant of record
MID CONTINENT AIRCRAFT CORP
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
GRUMMAN G-164A · N9768
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Day
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)
Airport
CANTRELL STRIP
Kind of flying
CB
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Temp
70° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000001254
Total time
3,458 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
8,600
Age
33
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
NTO RICE FIELD.
Investigator remarks
SPRAYBOOM HIT WEEDS ALONG EDGE OF STRIP,VEERED I
Cause factors
- 64/C/54 C PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED CLEARANCE Cause
- 80/C/BI C AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES HIGH VEGETATION Cause
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 1851.
Source file
NTSB_1979_3_1851.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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