NTSB CAROL · Event
Event OAK70DXQ16
Registry · N7887C
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
SCHEMPP-HIRTH STANDARD AUSTRIA S
Engine
NONE NONE
Seats / Engines
1 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19631024
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AAB18E
Registrant of record
CLAYTON HARRY L
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
SCHEMPP STD · N7887C
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
C
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EB
Operator type
D
Airport
GERLACH
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Temp
85° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000033
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
306
Age
34
Cause factors
- 64/C/48 C PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE Cause
- 64/B/16 B PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
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 2459.
Source file
NTSB_1970_3_2459.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
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