NTSB CAROL · Event
Event OAK67A0020
Registry · N6178C
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
GRUMMAN F7F-3
Engine
P&W DW-CA SERIES (2300 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 2 engines
Last airworthiness date
19881028
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A80C32
Registrant of record
COMANCHE MAVERICK AIR LLC
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 F7F-3 · N6178C
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
DH
Operator type
Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)
Airport
UKIAH MUNICIPAL
Kind of flying
CD
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
300° / 2 kt
Aircraft history
Total time
228 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
6,100
Age
48
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
RE BORATE RUN.NO GEAR WARNING HORN INSTALLED.
Investigator remarks
PLT VISION PARTIALLY OBSCURED BY SMOKE DURING FI
Cause factors
- 64/A/15 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/B/10 B PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO EXTEND LANDING GEAR
- 82/J/V J WEATHER OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION Joint 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 0643.
Source file
NTSB_1966_2_0643.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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