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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX72DUJ82

1972-03-18 ST JOHNS, Arizona, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N5777V

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

BEECH A23-24

Year of manufacture

1966 · 6 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING I0360 SER (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19660415

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A76BCB

Registrant of record

DE LA GARZA JIMMY

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N5777V Beech A23-24 None

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

BEECH A23-24 · N5777V

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

D

Airport

ST JOHNS MUNI

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

280° / 25 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000000MA-29

Total time

1,560 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

152

Age

46

Investigator remarks

ACFT HIT A PILE OF ROCKS.WIND GUSTING 35K.

Cause factors

64/C/28 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS Cause
82/C/H C
WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS 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 1260. Source file NTSB_1972_3_1260.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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