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LAX66F0256

1966-03-02 · SANTA MONICA, California, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Current FAA registration · N9839Y

Make / Model
CHAMPION AERONCA 7FC
Year of manufacture
1961 · 5 years old at event
Engine
CONT MOTOR C90 SERIES (95 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19610907
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S ADB9F3

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
CHAMPION 7FC · N9839Y
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
B0
Operator type
D
Airport
SANTA MONICA
Kind of flying
B1

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR
Wind
240° / 30 kt
Temp
60° F

Aircraft history

Total time
1,471 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Airline transport
Total hours
176
Age
28

Investigator remarks

WIND GUSTING TO 30 KNOTS

Cause factors

  • 64/A/33 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 82/J/H J
    WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS Joint cause

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 0488. Source file NTSB_1966_3_0488.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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