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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX77DUM01

1976-10-02 SAN DIEGO, California, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N9121W

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-28-235

Engine

LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES (250 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19661028

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S ACA0A9

Registrant of record

ABRAMS ADRIAN L

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N9121W Piper PA-28 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

PIPER PA-28 · N9121W

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

MONTGOMERY FIELD

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET

Wind

278° / 15 kt

Temp

71° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000028-10737

Total time

2,477 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

300

Age

42

Investigator remarks

FULL NOSE UP TRIM SET.

Cause factors

64/C/25 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER LEVEL OFF Cause
64/C/23 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS Cause
88/L/56 L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS INCORRECT TRIM SETTING
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 2725. Source file NTSB_1976_3_2725.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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