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LAX72DUG23

1971-10-09 · ELSINORE, California, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Current FAA registration · N68781

Make / Model
STINSON L-5E
Year of manufacture
1955 · 16 years old at event
Engine
CONT MOTOR W670 SERIES (250 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19680926
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A920C2

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
STINSON L-5E · N68781
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
D
Airport
SKYLARK
Kind of flying
DI

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000003960

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
821
Age
31

Cause factors

  • 64/C/49 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED SPEED AND ALTITUDE Cause
  • 88/K/94 K
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Joint factor

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 4438. Source file NTSB_1971_3_4438.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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