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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX72FUG54

1972-02-12 ELSINORE, California, United States Fatal 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N1101T

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

MAULE MXT-7-180

Year of manufacture

2023

Engine

LYCOMING O-360-C1F (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

5 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20231002

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A02EC0

Registrant of record

THOMPSON THOMAS BRIAN

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

LAISTER LP-49 · N1101T

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

C

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

DC

Operator type

D

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

60° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000T-1

Total time

80 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

950

Age

53

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ING RIDGE SOARING.

Investigator remarks

SINGLE WHEEL GLIDER STALLED ABOUT 300 FT AGL DUR

Cause factors

  • 64/A/16 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action

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 0308. Source file NTSB_1972_3_0308.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.