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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX75AL015

1974-09-23 AGUA DULCE, California, United States Fatal 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N60078

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

ARBC INC DBA LINDSTRAND 77X

Year of manufacture

2015

Engine

NONE NONE

Seats / Engines

1 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20150601

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A7CAAD

Registrant of record

RE/MAX PROMOTION FUND INC

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 150J · N60078

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D0

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

AGUA DULCE

Kind of flying

A0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

050° / 5 kt

Temp

94° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000150-70059

Total time

2,349 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

924

Age

28

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

CFT UN CLIMB,IP TOOK CTLS.DENSITY ALT 5500FT.

Investigator remarks

IP ALLOWED STUDENT TO TURN INTO RISING TERRAIN.A

Cause factors

  • 64/J/30 J
    PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT Joint cause
  • 64/A/15 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 66/J/27 J
    DUAL STUDENT Joint cause
  • 83/J/I J
    TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS Joint cause
  • 82/J/W J
    WEATHER HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE 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 4233. Source file NTSB_1974_3_4233.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.