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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event OAK77DVG63

1977-09-07 YUBA CITY, California, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N8831B

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-18-150

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AC2B77

Registrant of record

BERGESON MICHAEL S

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N8831B Piper PA-24 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

PIPER PA-24 · N8831B

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

D

Airport

SUTTER COUNTY

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

100° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000242501754

Total time

2,966 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

200

Age

34

Cause factors

64/A/39 A
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO ASSURE THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED Cause — pilot/personnel action

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 2039. Source file NTSB_1977_3_2039.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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