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LAX70FUG30

1970-05-03 · RUBIDOUX, California, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Current FAA registration · N5108V

Make / Model
MORRISEY 2150
Year of manufacture
1959 · 11 years old at event
Engine
LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19590520
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A664F3

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
MORRISEY 2150 · N5108V
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EB
Operator type
D
Airport
FLABOB
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR
Wind
240° / 2 kt
Temp
88° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000000FP8
Total time
730 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
1,602
Age
51

Investigator remarks

STRUCK UNMARKED WIRES ON LONG LOW APCH.

Cause factors

  • 64/C/48 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE Cause
  • 64/B/15 B
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS
  • 88/L/22 L
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS POORLY PLANNED APPROACH
  • 83/K/I K
    TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS Joint factor

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 1915. Source file NTSB_1970_3_1915.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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