NTSB CAROL · Event
Event LAX76FUG48
Registry · N181J
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
AGUSTAWESTLAND PHILADELPHIA AW139
Year of manufacture
2018
TCDS
R00002RD · LEONARDO S P A
Engine
P&W CANADA PT6C-67C (1679 hp)
Seats / Engines
17 seats · 2 engines
Last airworthiness date
20220711
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A1452B
Registrant of record
POWDERBIRD 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
ACRODUSTER SA-700 · N181J
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D7
Operator type
D
Airport
CORONA
Kind of flying
DF
Weather at impact
Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Wind
250° / 10 kt
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000001
Total time
385 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
4,500
Age
34
Investigator remarks
TAIL SEPARATED DRG LOW ALT HI SPEED PULL UP.
Cause factors
- 64/C/09 C PILOT IN COMMAND EXCEEDED DESIGNED STRESS LIMITS OF AIRCRAFT Cause
- 88/C/94 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Cause
- 88/L/49 L MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS SEPARATION IN FLIGHT
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 1128.
Source file
NTSB_1976_3_1128.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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