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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX78FUJ89

1978-07-28 CASA GRANDE, Arizona, United States Fatal 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N57569 Piper PA-36 Fatal

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

PIPER PA-36 · N57569

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Day

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

DG

Operator type

Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)

Airport

11 MILE CORNER

Kind of flying

CA

Weather at impact

Sky

BROKEN

Wind

080° / 8 kt

Temp

86° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0036-7560112

Total time

1,400 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

17,000

Age

45

Investigator remarks

ANTI-SNAG DEFLECTOR P-N 98341-00.

Cause factors

64/A/15 A
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
70/J/D4 J
AIRFRAME VERTICAL STABILIZER,ATTACHMENTS Joint cause
88/J/CB J
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPERLY INSTALLED 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 3754. Source file NTSB_1978_3_3754.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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