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LAX77FA059

1977-07-22 · GLENDALE, California, United States · Serious · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

N171PS has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (DIAMOND AIRCRAFT DA 40, built 2006), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
LOCKHEED 188C · N171PS
Damage
None
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D2

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR
Wind
130° / 4 kt
Temp
87° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000001091
Total time
35,459 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
6,780

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

PILOT-SAW OTR ACFT TOO LATE TO AVOID MANEUVER

Investigator remarks

EVADING C-150,N19095,WHICH HAD TRANSPONDER OFF.

Cause factors

  • 84/A/J A
    MISCELLANEOUS WRITTEN CAUSE Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 68/A/K0 A
    PERSONNEL PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 84/A/7 A
    MISCELLANEOUS EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION Cause — pilot/personnel action

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 1 0017. Source file NTSB_1977_1_0017.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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