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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX79DUG39

1979-05-20 EL MONTE, California, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N33565

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-28-180

Year of manufacture

1975 · 4 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19750227

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A3ABAA

Registrant of record

JAMES HARRIS

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N33565 Piper PA-28 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

PIPER PA-28 · N33565

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

D

Airport

EL MONTE

Kind of flying

A1

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Aircraft history

Serial number

00028-750518

Total time

1,611 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

61

Age

37

Investigator remarks

PORPOISED AFTER INITIAL TOUCH DWN.

Cause factors

64/C/25 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER LEVEL OFF Cause
64/B/62 B
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING
88/K/94 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Joint factor

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 2033. Source file NTSB_1979_3_2033.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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