NTSB CAROL · Event
Event LAX72FUM08
Registry · N7131G
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
WSK-PZL WARZAWA-OKECIE PZL-104 WILGA 80
Engine
CONT MOTOR IO-550 SERIES (300 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19900503
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A989B4
Registrant of record
KAO ALLEN K L
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 172K · N7131G
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — level (EA)
Operator type
Personal/private
Airport
SALTON SEA
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Serial number
000017258831
Total time
822 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
350
Age
22
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
MIDWAY PULLED UP CIRCLED L.HIT WIRES ABT 50FT AGL
Investigator remarks
ARPT UNLTD,UNATTENDED.MADE LOW PASS OVR RWY APRX
Cause factors
- 64/A/29 A PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/08 A PILOT IN COMMAND DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/53 A PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED ALTITUDE 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 1837.
Source file
NTSB_1971_3_1837.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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