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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX77DUQ18

1977-02-13 SANTA MARIA, California, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N6153L

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

AMERICAN AA-1

Year of manufacture

1970 · 7 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES (115 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19700630

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A8041D

Registrant of record

MASTRANGELO JOHN A

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N6153L AMER AVCO AA1 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

AMER AVCO AA1 · N6153L

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

B1

Operator type

D

Airport

SANTA MARIA

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000353

Total time

1,276 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

724

Age

31

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ING.HIT PARKED CESSNA 210 N5779J,SUBSTL DMG.

Investigator remarks

R WHEEL CYL PISTON CAME LOOSE DUE WORN BRAKE LIN

Cause factors

70/C/CJ C
AIRFRAME BRAKING SYSTEM (NORMAL SYSTEM) Cause
88/C/BQ C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS EXCESSIVE-WEAR/PLAY Cause
88/C/CM C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS PRESSURE,NONE Cause
68/C/D6 C
PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause

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 0124. Source file NTSB_1977_3_0124.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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