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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX77FA059

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

Registry · N171PS

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

DIAMOND AIRCRAFT DA 40

Year of manufacture

2006

Engine

LYCOMING IO-360-M1A+ (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20060930

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A11E3A

Registrant of record

DIAMOND AIR LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

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

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). Each row shows the raw triplet, modifier (Cause / Factor / etc.), category, and specific code.

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