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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event OAK78FVG21

1978-02-18 LINCOLN, California, United States Fatal 1 aircraft Status: Completed

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

BREEZY STOKIE · N7GS

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D7

Operator type

D

Airport

LINCOLN MUNI

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000GS1

Total time

177 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

913

Age

38

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

G 77.

Investigator remarks

ACFT CRASHED 2MIN AFT TKOF,NOT REFUELED SINCE AU

Cause factors

  • 64/C/29 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
  • 64/C/32 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL Cause
  • 88/C/63 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL EXHAUSTION Cause
  • 64/C/34 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND OPERATED CARELESSLY 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 0198. Source file NTSB_1978_3_0198.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.