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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX76DVA68

1976-06-04 DELANO, California, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N58285

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

STINSON VULTEE V-77

Engine

LYCOMING R680E SERIES (300 hp)

Seats / Engines

3 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19580219

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A780E4

Registrant of record

SHIELDS RANDOLPH C

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N58285 Stinson V-77 None

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

STINSON V-77 · N58285

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

D

Airport

DELANO

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000077103

Total time

1,000 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Age

43

Investigator remarks

L BRAKE WEAK.

Cause factors

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/BQ J
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS EXCESSIVE-WEAR/PLAY 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 1571. Source file NTSB_1976_3_1571.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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