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OAK77DVD26

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

N844K has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (GULFSTREAM AEROSPACE GVII-G600, built 2021), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

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).

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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