NTSB CAROL · Event
Event LAX73FUG53
Registry · N1SR
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
PIPER PA-23-250
Year of manufacture
1962 · 11 years old at event
Engine
LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES (250 hp)
Seats / Engines
6 seats · 2 engines
Last airworthiness date
19620329
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A001A2
Registrant of record
RENSBERGER SCOTT C
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
NIEUPORT 28 · N1SR
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EB
Operator type
D
Airport
CHINO
Kind of flying
DD
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
260° / 16 kt
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000001
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
12,000
Age
51
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
ING TO 20K.
Investigator remarks
HIT 35 FT TREES ABOUT 110 YDS SHORT OF RWY. GUST
Cause factors
- 64/C/48 C PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE Cause
- 64/L/31 L PILOT IN COMMAND LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT
- 82/L/M L WEATHER DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS
- 83/K/I K TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS Joint factor
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 1126.
Source file
NTSB_1973_3_1126.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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