NTSB CAROL · Event
Event LAX72DUG19
Registry · N11PX
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
SPORT PERFORMANCE AVIATION LLC PANTHER LS
Year of manufacture
2018
Engine
LYCOMING O-235-C1 (115 hp)
Seats / Engines
1 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20181206
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A02B35
Registrant of record
MUEHLBERG STEPHEN E
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
BLANIK L-13 · N11PX
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
C
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
Part 91 (general aviation)
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000174714
Total time
248 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
GA (GA)
Total hours
6,803
Age
47
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
HIT CONCRETE BRIDGE SUPPORT.
Investigator remarks
LOSS OF SUFFICIENT AIR CURRENTS TO SUSTAIN LIFT.
Cause factors
- 64/A/27 A PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 82/A/Y A WEATHER OTHER Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 83/J/Y J TERRAIN OTHER 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 3940.
Source file
NTSB_1971_3_3940.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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