NTSB CAROL · Event
Event LAX66F0379
Registry · N7597V
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
WING D-1
Engine
LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 2 engines
Last airworthiness date
19710508
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AA3ED9
Registrant of record
MULLIGAN SHAWN P
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
WING D-1 · N7597V
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
K
Airport
TORRANCE MUNI
Kind of flying
DB
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
260° / 14 kt
Temp
66° F
Aircraft history
Total time
94 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
F6 (F6)
Total hours
190,000
Age
511
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
DUE TO COTTER PIN SHEARING ALLOWING LOSS OF NUT.
Investigator remarks
BOLT CONNECTING TORQUE LINKS OF LEFT GEAR FAILED
Cause factors
- 70/A/CA A AIRFRAME MAIN GEAR-SHOCK ABSORBING ASSY,STRUTS,ATTACHMENTS,ETC. Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/CP A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS SHEARED Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/95 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause — pilot/personnel action
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 2704.
Source file
NTSB_1966_3_2704.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
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