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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX78FUM35

1978-08-30 SAN DIEGO, California, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N128GR

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-28R-180

Year of manufacture

1968 · 10 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING I0360 SER (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19760206

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A07210

Registrant of record

JAQUES STANLEY S

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N128GR Bellanca 14-19 Minor

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

BELLANCA 14-19 · N128GR

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EB

Operator type

D

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

280° / 8 kt

Temp

72° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000004328

Total time

1,728 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

259

Age

31

Investigator remarks

18GAL FUEL IN AUX TANK.

Cause factors

64/C/29 C
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
64/C/32 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL Cause
88/C/96 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION 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 2848. Source file NTSB_1978_3_2848.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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