NTSB CAROL · Event
Event OAK7KFVD46
Registry · N6178C
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
GRUMMAN F7F-3
Engine
P&W DW-CA SERIES (2300 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 2 engines
Last airworthiness date
19881028
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A80C32
Registrant of record
COMANCHE MAVERICK 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
GRUMMAN F7F · N6178C
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EB
Operator type
Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)
Airport
SONOMA COUNTY
Kind of flying
B1
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
330° / 13 kt
Temp
71° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000080483
Total time
1,093 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
7,001
Age
34
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
FUEL.
Investigator remarks
BOTH ENGS QUIT,POS TO EMPTY TANK. OTR TANKS HAD
Cause factors
- 64/C/32 C PILOT IN COMMAND MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL Cause
- 88/C/19 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS INATTENTIVE TO FUEL SUPPLY Cause
- 88/C/96 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION Cause
- 88/L/48 L MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FAILURE OF TWO OR MORE ENGINES
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 2395.
Source file
NTSB_1975_3_2395.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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