NTSB CAROL · Event
Event OAK78DVD07
Registry · N9082L
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CHAMPION 7ECA
Year of manufacture
1970 · 7 years old at event
Engine
LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES (115 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19700706
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AC8F8D
Registrant of record
SMETHURST JEFFREY C
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
CHAMPION 7ECA · N9082L
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
B0
Operator type
Part 121 (air carrier)
Airport
SONOMA VALLEY
Kind of flying
A0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
270° / 10 kt
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000781-70
Total time
3,277 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
580
Age
27
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
KES WHILE TAXIING.
Investigator remarks
WIND GUSTS TO 15K. STUDENT BRIEFED ON USE OF BRA
Cause factors
- 66/A/22 A DUAL STUDENT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 82/A/H A WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/J/30 J PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT Joint cause
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 3494.
Source file
NTSB_1977_3_3494.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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