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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event OAK78DA042

1978-08-11 KNEELAND, California, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N61402

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

WETHERALD RAYMOND ALLEN CHLNGR CLP WNG SPEC

Year of manufacture

1992

Engine

BOMBARDIER ROTAX (ALL)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19930223

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A8000D

Registrant of record

HABERLAND SEAN K

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N61402 Piper PA-31 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-31 · N61402

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EB

Operator type

E

Airport

KNEELAND

Kind of flying

CJ

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

350° / 8 kt

Temp

68° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

031-7405-445

Total time

1,852 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

3,212

Age

41

Investigator remarks

APCH END OF RWY 33 HAS A LIP.GEAR COLLAPSED.

Cause factors

64/C/48 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE Cause
80/L/BY L
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES OTHER
88/K/94 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Joint factor

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 2060. Source file NTSB_1978_3_2060.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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