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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX70DUG53

1970-06-22 DAGGETT, California, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N31963

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

AERONCA 65-LB

Engine

LYCOMING 0-145B SERIES (65 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19560209

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A36B86

Registrant of record

SHEPARD LOGAN K

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N31963 Aeronca 65-LB None

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

AERONCA 65-LB · N31963

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

D

Airport

BARSTOW-DAGGETT

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000L12461

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

600

Age

46

Investigator remarks

NO RADIO IN ACFT,LNDD W QTRG TLWD GUSTING TO 21K

Cause factors

64/C/80 C
PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND Cause
82/L/H L
WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS
88/L/AQ L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DOWNWIND

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 4615. Source file NTSB_1970_3_4615.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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