NTSB CAROL · Event
Event LAX70DUG54
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
PIPER PA-28 · N8875J
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EJ
Operator type
Personal/private
Airport
EL MIRAGE
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
250° / 5 kt
Temp
110° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
0000028-2839
Total time
1,700 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
99
Age
34
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
AVOID MOTORCYCLES IN LDG PATH.DENS ALT ABT 6700FT
Investigator remarks
PLT SAID HE ABORTED LDG ON EL MIRAGE DRY LAKE TO
Cause factors
- 64/A/16 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 84/A/7 A MISCELLANEOUS EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 82/J/U J WEATHER HIGH TEMPERATURE Joint cause
- 82/J/W J WEATHER HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE 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 2619.
Source file
NTSB_1970_3_2619.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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