NTSB CAROL · Event
Event OAK79FVD20
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
PIPER PA-28R · N2120T
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D1
Operator type
Part 121 (air carrier)
Airport
METRO OAKLAND INT
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
240° / 8 kt
Aircraft history
Serial number
028R-7135065
Total time
3,722 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
EA (EA)
Total hours
1,600
Age
25
Investigator remarks
OIL FILTER GASKET NOT PROPERLY INSTALLED.
Cause factors
- 68/C/D0 C PERSONNEL IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) Cause
- 74/C/DD C POWERPLANT FILTERS,SCREEN Cause
- 88/C/CB C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPERLY INSTALLED Cause
- 88/C/81 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OIL EXHAUSTION-ENGINE LUBRICATION SYSTEM Cause
- 83/K/F K TERRAIN ROUGH/UNEVEN Joint factor
- 88/K/88 K MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER Joint factor
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 0479.
Source file
NTSB_1979_3_0479.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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