NTSB CAROL · Event
Event OAK78FVA67
Registry · N8003V
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
SIX CHUTER SR7 XL
Year of manufacture
1998
Engine
ROTAX 582DCDI (65 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20070630
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AAE4B2
Registrant of record
SCHAFER DANIEL J
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
CESSNA A188 · N8003V
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
DJ
Operator type
Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)
Kind of flying
CA
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Serial number
000001880253
Total time
2,796 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
2,200
Age
31
Investigator remarks
FLAGGER FAILED TO CLEAR FLIGHT PATH.
Cause factors
- 64/A/15 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 68/J/K1 J PERSONNEL GROUND SIGNALMAN 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 1753.
Source file
NTSB_1978_3_1753.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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