NTSB CAROL · Event
Event OAK79DVM23
Registry · N888AA
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
PILATUS AIRCRAFT LTD PC-12/47E
Year of manufacture
2018
Engine
P&W CANADA PT6A-67P (1272 hp)
Seats / Engines
11 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20180612
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AC3B8E
Registrant of record
ABBETT AIR LLC
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 414 · N888AA
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
B1
Operator type
E
Airport
SAN FRANCISCO INT
Kind of flying
DD
Weather at impact
Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000468
Total time
2,067 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
GA (GA)
Total hours
3,355
Age
28
Investigator remarks
A/C HIT CHUCK HOLE IN CONSTRUCTION AREA.
Cause factors
- 64/A/35 A PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 80/J/BJ J AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES HIDDEN HAZARD 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 0953.
Source file
NTSB_1979_3_0953.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
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