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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX79DUJ95

1979-07-11 TUCSON, Arizona, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N65937

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 182T

Year of manufacture

2004

Engine

LYCOMING IO-540 SER (300 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20041227

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A8B10A

Registrant of record

BERENDSCHOT LEONARDUS

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N65937 Schweizer 1-26E 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

SCHWEIZER 1-26E · N65937

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

C

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

D

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

200° / 10 kt

Temp

95° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000577

Total time

1,168 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

457

Age

64

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

FIND THERMAL.FORCED LNDG IN MESQUITE.

Investigator remarks

PLT STATED-RELEASED FROM TOW TOO SOON & COULDN'T

Cause factors

64/A/27 A
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
83/A/D A
TERRAIN HIGH VEGETATION 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 1904. Source file NTSB_1979_3_1904.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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