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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX77FUG30

1977-02-02 RIVERSIDE, California, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N555AM

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-32RT-300

Year of manufacture

1978

Engine

LYCOMING IO-540 SER (300 hp)

Seats / Engines

7 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19780608

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A7120A

Registrant of record

EDGEWATER VENTURES LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N555AM Swearingen SA226T 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

SWEARINGEN SA226T · N555AM

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

Business

Airport

RIVERSIDE

Kind of flying

B3

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

50° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000000T-201

Total time

2,593 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

GA (GA)

Total hours

18,480

Age

75

Investigator remarks

LNDD TO LEFT OF RWY.

Cause factors

64/C/28 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS Cause
88/C/13 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS NOT ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY/INTENDED LANDING AREA Cause
88/K/94 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Joint factor
80/J/BY J
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES OTHER 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 0750. Source file NTSB_1977_3_0750.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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