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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX79DUJ38

1978-12-17 AGUILA, Arizona, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N9426L

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

AMERICAN AVIATION AA-1A

Year of manufacture

1971 · 7 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES (115 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19710918

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AD17CB

Registrant of record

KOHOUT JOHN S

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N9426L GRUM AMER AA1-A 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

GRUM AMER AA1-A · N9426L

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

D

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Wind

270° / 10 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

000AA1-A0226

Total time

938 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

7,106

Age

55

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

D LOT.

Investigator remarks

OBTAINED WX FROM RADIO & TV.LANDED IN CATTLE FEE

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/63 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL EXHAUSTION Cause
64/L/40 L
PILOT IN COMMAND INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS
82/L/B L
WEATHER RAIN
82/L/D L
WEATHER SNOW

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 4229. Source file NTSB_1978_3_4229.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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