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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX79DUJ25

1978-12-27 PRESCOTT, Arizona, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N86DL

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

VAN'S AIRCRAFT RV-14A

Year of manufacture

2021

Engine

LYCOMING YIO-390-A3B6 (210 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20220112

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S ABCCD4

Registrant of record

BALCH DANIEL R

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N86DL MIDGET MUSTNG 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

MIDGET MUSTNG · N86DL

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

D

Kind of flying

B2

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

50° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000424

Total time

94 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

5,000

Age

29

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ON ROAD.

Investigator remarks

13IN OF #1 BLADE SEPD.DENT IN LEADING EDGE.LNDD

Cause factors

74/C/FA C
POWERPLANT BLADES Cause
88/C/AH C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS PREVIOUS DAMAGE Cause
88/C/36 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FATIGUE FRACTURE Cause
64/B/25 B
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER LEVEL OFF
64/L/29 L
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING
88/L/49 L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS SEPARATION IN FLIGHT

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 4326. Source file NTSB_1978_3_4326.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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