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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX76FUQ35

1976-04-17 INYOKERN, California, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N8JP

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

GLASFLUGEL STD LIBELLE 201B

Engine

NONE NONE

Seats / Engines

1 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19740228

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AADE01

Registrant of record

HARTENSTINE MICHAEL C

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

GLASFLUGEL H-301B · N8JP

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

C

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

D

Airport

INYOKERN

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

70° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000471

Total time

81 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

GA (GA)

Total hours

3,956

Age

47

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ER UN CLR PWR LINES,HAD TO TURN.WG HIT BUSHES.

Investigator remarks

TOW ACFT RELEASED AT LOW ALT DUE FORCED LDG.GLID

Cause factors

  • 84/A/7 A
    MISCELLANEOUS EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 83/A/I A
    TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action

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 1141. Source file NTSB_1976_3_1141.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.