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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX79DUM05

1979-01-26 BRAWLEY, California, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N731UA

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-25-235

Engine

LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES (250 hp)

Seats / Engines

1 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19740730

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A9D085

Registrant of record

NORADS AERIAL SERVICES LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N731UA Cessna 188B 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

CESSNA 188B · N731UA

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)

Airport

BRAWLEY MUNICIPAL

Kind of flying

CB

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Wind

310° / 3 kt

Temp

55° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

00018803155T

Total time

720 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

15,000

Age

47

Cause factors

64/A/35 A
PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN Cause — pilot/personnel action
88/J/AS J
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS LANDED IN CONSTRUCTION AREA Joint cause
88/J/AP J
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS RUNWAY CLOSED Joint cause

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 0243. Source file NTSB_1979_3_0243.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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