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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX76DVM37

1976-05-04 PASO ROBLES, California, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N88408

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

BELLANCA 7ECA

Year of manufacture

1974 · 2 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES (115 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19741015

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AC2F2A

Registrant of record

STEEL MIMI

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N88408 Bellanca 7ECA 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

BELLANCA 7ECA · N88408

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

PASO ROBLES MUNI

Kind of flying

A1

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Temp

50° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000106275

Total time

774 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

9

Age

22

Investigator remarks

FIRST SOLO FLT.

Cause factors

64/C/22 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS Cause
64/L/31 L
PILOT IN COMMAND LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT
80/K/BF K
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES SOFT SHOULDERS Joint factor
88/K/94 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Joint factor

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 1156. Source file NTSB_1976_3_1156.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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