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LAX76FWA20

1976-02-09 · AVALON, California, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Current FAA registration · N14CS

Make / Model
GRUMMAN AMERICAN AA-1B
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
19740219
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A0A09A

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
GRUMMAN G-21 · N14CS
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
E
Airport
PEBBLY BEACH
Kind of flying
CI

Weather at impact

Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Wind
135° / 15 kt
Temp
55° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000001048
Total time
2,184 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
17,000
Age
61

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ER T/D TAIL HIT BY SWELL,DMGD L STAB & ELEV.

Investigator remarks

UN LND AT SPB DUE HEAVY SWELLS. LND IN COVE. AFT

Cause factors

  • 83/A/G A
    TERRAIN ROUGH WATER Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 82/J/H J
    WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS Joint cause

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 0146. Source file NTSB_1976_3_0146.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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