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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event OAK78DVD18

1978-02-11 SONOMA, California, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N2598Z Bellanca 7ECA 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

BELLANCA 7ECA · N2598Z

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Night

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

C0

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

SONOMA VALLEY

Kind of flying

DD

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Wind

200° / 10 kt

Temp

50° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000001222-77

Total time

37 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

2,438

Age

27

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

GRASS STRIP.

Investigator remarks

DURING TAKEOFF RUN ACFT STRUCK STANDING WATER ON

Cause factors

64/A/29 A
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
64/A/35 A
PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN 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 0204. Source file NTSB_1978_3_0204.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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