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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX77DUQ35

1977-06-19 OXNARD, California, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N9641U

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

GRUMMAN AMERICAN AA-5A

Year of manufacture

1975 · 2 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19750819

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AD6D90

Registrant of record

HUNT DAVID C

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N9641U GRUM AMER AA5-A 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

GRUM AMER AA5-A · N9641U

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

C0

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

OZENA VALLEY

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

82° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000AA5A0007

Total time

900 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

250

Age

23

Investigator remarks

HIT HOLE IN RWY,BOUNCED & VEERED INTO STANDPIPE.

Cause factors

64/A/35 A
PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN Cause — pilot/personnel action
80/J/BK J
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES POORLY MAINTAINED RUNWAY SURFACE Joint 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 1260. Source file NTSB_1977_3_1260.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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