NTSB CAROL · Event
Event LAX76AL087
Registry · N924X
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CESSNA 525
Year of manufacture
2015
Engine
WILLIAMS FJ44-1AP
Seats / Engines
8 seats · 2 engines
Last airworthiness date
20150325
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S ACCF13
Registrant of record
SCHIEFFER ENTERPRISES 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
SCHWEIZER SGS126 · N924X
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
C
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
DC
Operator type
Part 91 (general aviation)
Airport
EL MIRAGE
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
270° / 3 kt
Temp
95° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000339
Total time
972 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Airline transport
Total hours
21
Age
24
Investigator remarks
WG FAILED DRG PULL UP.
Cause factors
- 64/A/09 A PILOT IN COMMAND EXCEEDED DESIGNED STRESS LIMITS OF AIRCRAFT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/94 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 82/J/K J WEATHER TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT,CLEAR AIR Joint cause
- 88/J/49 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS SEPARATION IN FLIGHT Joint cause
- 88/1/AW 1 MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FEMALE PILOT Subordinate · 1
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 1838.
Source file
NTSB_1976_3_1838.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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