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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX72DXM02

1971-07-04 PASO ROBLES, California, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N89201

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 140

Engine

CONT MOTOR C85 SERIES (85 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19560327

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AC4F34

Registrant of record

HANGAR AK LLC

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

CESSNA 140 · N89201

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

D

Airport

MACGILLIVRAY RNCH

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

300° / 12 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000008221

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

169

Age

40

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

RIFTED L,HIT SOFT SHLDR OF RWY,TURNED OVER.

Investigator remarks

60 DEG X-WND LDG,12K GUSTS.ACFT BOUNCED ON LDG,D

Cause factors

  • 64/C/25 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER LEVEL OFF Cause
  • 64/C/28 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS Cause
  • 64/B/62 B
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING
  • 64/B/79 B
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL

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 2384. Source file NTSB_1971_3_2384.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

Related research

What the literature says.

Academic papers and agency reports matching this event's aircraft type. Sourced from NASA NTRS, NTSB Safety Studies, FAA CAMI, AOPA Air Safety Institute, Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons, arXiv, and the Semantic Scholar academic graph.

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