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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX72DUJ14

1971-07-15 PAGE, Arizona, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N7112B Piper PA-22 Minor

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-22 · N7112B

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

D

Kind of flying

A3

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

330° / 5 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000022-4329

Total time

1,200 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

66

Age

50

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

10MOS BFR ACDT,AD-61-6-6 C/W.LNDD IN DESERT.

Investigator remarks

FABRIC BEHIND TOP OF WINDSHIELD LOOSE.LAST INSP

Cause factors

70/C/BD C
AIRFRAME SKIN AND ATTACHMENTS Cause
88/C/BL C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DETERIORATED Cause
68/C/D6 C
PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause
83/B/K B
TERRAIN SANDY

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 2750. Source file NTSB_1971_3_2750.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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