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LAX70DUG53

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

Current FAA registration · N31963

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

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

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).

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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