NTSB CAROL · Event
Event LAX72FUG58
Registry · N11UU
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
GLASFLUGEL KESTREL
Year of manufacture
1971 · 1 years old at event
Engine
NONE NONE
Seats / Engines
1 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19710825
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A02BAF
Registrant of record
FISCH GREGORY Z
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
GLASFLUGEL H401 · N11UU
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
C
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
D
Airport
SKYLARK,ELSINORE
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Wind
230° / 15 kt
Temp
60° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000042
Total time
77 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
2,618
Age
35
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
CLE ON RD. WIND GUSTING 20K.
Investigator remarks
RETRACTABLE WHEELS. COLLIDED WITH 3 WHEELED VEHI
Cause factors
- 82/A/H A WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 83/J/I J TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS Joint 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 1035.
Source file
NTSB_1972_3_1035.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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