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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event OAK77DVD26

1977-03-19 SONOMA, California, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N844K

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

GULFSTREAM AEROSPACE GVII-G600

Year of manufacture

2021

TCDS

T00021AT · GULFSTREAM AEROSPACE CORP

Engine

P&W CANADA PW815GA

Seats / Engines

9 seats · 2 engines

Last airworthiness date

20210324

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AB8F96

Registrant of record

AIRCRAFT FLIGHT SPECIALISTS LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N844K Great Lakes 2T1A None

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

GREAT LAKES 2T1A · N844K

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

D

Airport

SONOMA VALLEY

Kind of flying

B1

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000091

Total time

2,400 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

569

Age

38

Investigator remarks

SOFT SPOT,MUD HOLE,IN RWY.

Cause factors

64/C/79 C
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause
64/L/35 L
PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN
80/L/BL L
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES SOFT RUNWAY
80/L/BY L
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES OTHER

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 0377. Source file NTSB_1977_3_0377.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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