NTSB CAROL · Event
Event LAX71DUM28
Registry · N4675J
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
PIPER PA-28R-180
Year of manufacture
1968 · 3 years old at event
Engine
LYCOMING I0360 SER (180 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19680319
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A5B6AC
Registrant of record
CRAMER JAMES H
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
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-28R · N4675J
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
Part 121 (air carrier)
Kind of flying
A1
Weather at impact
Sky
UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
Wind
180° / 24 kt
Aircraft history
Serial number
00028R-30576
Total time
3,126 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Airline transport
Total hours
80
Age
22
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
THRU HOLE ATMTD NIGHT LDG ON HWY,CARTWHEELED.
Investigator remarks
FLT PLANNED ON TOP OF OVCST IN MTNS AREA.DSCNDD
Cause factors
- 64/C/79 C PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause
- 83/B/F B TERRAIN ROUGH/UNEVEN
- 68/L/C0 L PERSONNEL INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT
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 0604.
Source file
NTSB_1971_3_0604.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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