NTSB CAROL · Event
Event LAX78FA040
Registry · N133W
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
AIRBORNE AUSTRALIA AIRBORNE XT-912
Year of manufacture
2005
Engine
ROTAX 912UL SERIES (80 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20060220
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A0884A
Registrant of record
FULLER DAVID
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
LEAR 23 · N133W
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
E
Airport
HOLLYWOOD-BURBANK
Kind of flying
CI
Weather at impact
Sky
OVERCAST
Aircraft history
Serial number
00000023-021
Total time
9,746 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
2,600
Age
25
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
ARPT FENCING.
Investigator remarks
LEFT OUTBOARD ANTI-SKID VALVE INOP.PROPERTY DMG-
Cause factors
- 70/A/CJ A AIRFRAME BRAKING SYSTEM (NORMAL SYSTEM) Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/95 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/92 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS HYDROPLANING ON WET RUNWAY Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 80/J/BA J AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES WET RUNWAY Joint cause
- 82/J/B J WEATHER RAIN 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 2230.
Source file
NTSB_1978_3_2230.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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