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LAX71FUQ80

1971-05-09 · SAN FRNANDO, California, United States · Minor · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Current FAA registration · N41663

Make / Model
BEECH E17L
Engine
JACOBS L6 (330 hp)
Seats / Engines
5 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19900522
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A4EDB0

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
BEECH E17L · N41663
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
D
Airport
SAN FERNANDO
Kind of flying
DB

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000000196

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
2,000
Age
46

Investigator remarks

TESTING RIGGING AND NEW ENGINE ON RE-BUILT ACFT.

Cause factors

  • 64/C/79 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause
  • 64/B/23 B
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 1611. Source file NTSB_1971_3_1611.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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