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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX70AL046

1970-01-30 AVALON, California, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N12CS

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

VAN'S AIRCRAFT RV-12

Year of manufacture

2020

Engine

ROTAX 912ULS SERIES (100 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20200721

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A0519C

Registrant of record

MEADOWS CRAIG A

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N12CS Grumman G-21A Minor

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 G-21A · N12CS

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

E

Airport

PEBBLY BEACH SPB

Kind of flying

CI

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

360° / 8 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000004085

Total time

9,208 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

11,712

Age

48

Cause factors

64/C/11 C
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO RETRACT LANDING GEAR Cause
88/L/03 L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS CHECKLIST-FAILED TO USE
88/K/88 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER Joint factor

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 0137. Source file NTSB_1970_3_0137.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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