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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX78FUQ05

1977-12-07 VAN NUYS, California, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N7969C

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

NORTH AMERICAN SNJ-5

Engine

P&W R1340 SERIES (600 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19581010

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AAD1E5

Registrant of record

CONDOR SQUADRON OFFICERS & AIRMENS ASSOC INC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N7969C N AMERICAN SNJ-5 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

N AMERICAN SNJ-5 · N7969C

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

D

Airport

VAN NUYS

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

160° / 5 kt

Temp

75° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000043974

Total time

5,028 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

5,930

Age

59

Investigator remarks

L GR LOCK PIN MALFUNCTIONED.

Cause factors

70/A/CM A
AIRFRAME GEAR LOCKING MECHANISM Cause — pilot/personnel action

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 3676. Source file NTSB_1977_3_3676.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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