NTSB CAROL · Event
Event LAX73FUM06
Registry · N156M
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CESSNA 180K
Year of manufacture
1979
Engine
CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES (230 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20010813
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A0E18C
Registrant of record
FLYOVER SERVICES 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
PIPER PA-23 · N156M
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
B0
Operator type
Part 91 (general aviation)
Airport
MONTGOMERY FIELD
Kind of flying
A0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000003338
Total time
3,338 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
813
Age
33
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
ST FAM RIDE IN L SEAT,NO BRAKES ON R SIDE.
Investigator remarks
R BRAKE FAILED,LEAK IN LINE. IP PUT STUDENT ON 1
Cause factors
- 64/A/30 A PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/79 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 70/J/CJ J AIRFRAME BRAKING SYSTEM (NORMAL SYSTEM) Joint cause
- 88/J/AJ J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS LEAK/LEAKAGE 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 2515.
Source file
NTSB_1972_3_2515.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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