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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX76DUQ20

1976-01-01 SAN FERNANDO, California, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N101BH

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

GALLAGHER XLT-RG

Year of manufacture

2003

Engine

LYCOMING TI0-540 SER (310 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20030722

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A0088C

Registrant of record

MPDKM INC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N101BH Convair L-13 Minor

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

CONVAIR L-13 · N101BH

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

Public use

Airport

SAN FERNANDO

Kind of flying

CF

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

045° / 20 kt

Temp

40° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

00000047-405

Total time

1,047 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

3,000

Age

39

Investigator remarks

LND ON 4TH ATTEMPT. GUSTING TO 35K.

Cause factors

64/C/33 C
PILOT IN COMMAND EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT Cause
82/C/H C
WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS 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 0050. Source file NTSB_1976_3_0050.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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