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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event OAK78FVA67

1978-08-01 CHOWCHILLA, California, United States Serious 1 aircraft Status: Completed

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 ↗.