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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event OAK66A0002

1965-07-07 RED BLUFF, California, United States Fatal 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N7093W

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PHANTOM AERONAUTICS LLC PHANTOM

Engine

ROTAX 503 DCDI (52 hp)

Seats / Engines

1 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20071207

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A978D3

Registrant of record

MEHKI DENNIS R

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N7093W Piper PA-28 Fatal

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-28 · N7093W

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise climb (DB)

Operator type

D

Airport

BIDWELL FIELD

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

180° / 12 kt

Temp

98° F

Aircraft history

Total time

1,130 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

1,200

Age

40

Cause factors

64/C/15 C
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS Cause
88/C/14 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING 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 2 0600. Source file NTSB_1965_2_0600.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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