NTSB CAROL · Event
Event LAX65A0083
Registry · N1189C
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
PIPER PA-18A
Engine
LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19700708
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A04D81
Registrant of record
HORTON HAROLD E
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
PIPER PA18A · N1189C
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
DH
Operator type
Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)
Airport
NORTH SIDE AIRPRK
Kind of flying
CA
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Total time
2,202 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
7,008
Age
36
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
PERSONNEL-NO SUPERVISION OF AERIAL APPLICATION
Investigator remarks
FARM WORKER STRUCK DURING SWATH RUN
Cause factors
- 64/A/15 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 68/A/K9 A PERSONNEL OTHER Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 84/A/J A MISCELLANEOUS WRITTEN CAUSE Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/J/79 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS SUNGLARE 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
2 0150.
Source file
NTSB_1965_2_0150.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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