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LAX74FUF52

1974-05-05 · RUBIDOUX, California, United States · Fatal · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
STITS SA-3A · N431S
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
D
Airport
RIVERSIDE FLABOB
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
SCATTERED-BELOW 1000 FEET
Wind
260° / 15 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number
00000000P537
Total time
237 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
73
Age
27

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

IMB OUT BFOR SPIN.

Investigator remarks

PLT KNEW CG BEYOND AFT LIMITS.OBS IN ERRACTIC CL

Cause factors

  • 64/A/33 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/A/16 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/A/31 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/A/76 A
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G. Cause — pilot/personnel action

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 1088. Source file NTSB_1974_3_1088.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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