NTSB CAROL · Event
Event LAX78DUM07
Registry · N53823
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
BELLANCA 7ECA
Year of manufacture
1975 · 2 years old at event
Engine
LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES (115 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19751007
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A6D0DF
Registrant of record
FERGUSON CARRIE L
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
CHAMPION 7ECA · N53823
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
C0
Operator type
Personal/private
Airport
PALOMAR
Kind of flying
A3
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
250° / 6 kt
Aircraft history
Serial number
000001126-76
Total time
1,656 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Airline transport
Total hours
24
Age
17
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
OF. PLT OVER CONTROLLED. DMGD FUSELAGE.
Investigator remarks
TWR TOLD PLT TO HOLD SHORT OF RWY OR EXPEDITE TK
Cause factors
- 64/A/22 A PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/J/02 J PILOT IN COMMAND ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL 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 3970.
Source file
NTSB_1977_3_3970.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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