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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX78DUG50

1978-08-22 ADELANTO, California, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N101W

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-32R-301

Year of manufacture

1980

Engine

LYCOMING IO-540 SER (300 hp)

Seats / Engines

7 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19800404

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A00A5F

Registrant of record

COLE-TAC LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N101W Cessna 140A 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

CESSNA 140A · N101W

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

D

Airport

EL MIRAGE

Kind of flying

B1

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

80° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000015384

Total time

3,950 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

317

Age

35

Cause factors

64/C/22 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS Cause
88/K/94 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Joint factor

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 2661. Source file NTSB_1978_3_2661.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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