NTSB CAROL · Event
Event LAX69F0031
Registry · N4624V
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CESSNA 172RG
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19800228
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A5A401
Registrant of record
FISHER GREGORY S
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
HUTCHINSON VHS-1 · N4624V
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
C
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — level (EA)
Operator type
D
Airport
EL MIRAGE
Kind of flying
DB
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Temp
90° F
Pilot
Certificate
Airline transport
Total hours
14
Age
23
Investigator remarks
ELEVATOR TRIM FULL DOWN. FIRST FLT IN TYPE ACFT.
Cause factors
- 64/A/16 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/02 A PILOT IN COMMAND ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/J/23 J PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS 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 1828.
Source file
NTSB_1968_3_1828.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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