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LAX71FUA48

1971-02-22 · LONG BEACH, California, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

N4301G has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (BRADFORD KYLE R PIETENPOL AIR CAMPER, built 2001), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
MCCULLOCH J2 · N4301G
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
I
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
Personal/private
Airport
LONG BEACH MUNI
Kind of flying
A0

Weather at impact

Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Wind
220° / 13 kt
Temp
58° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000000011
Total time
43 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
9,015
Age
45

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

SIDE.

Investigator remarks

XWND 13K,RAN OFF RWY.ACFT CAME TO REST ON ITS R

Cause factors

  • 66/C/79 C
    DUAL STUDENT Cause
  • 64/C/30 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT Cause
  • 80/B/BF B
    AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES SOFT SHOULDERS
  • 82/L/H L
    WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 0614. Source file NTSB_1971_3_0614.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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