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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX79DVA54

1979-08-08 MADERA, California, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N30KB

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

ZENITH STOL CH 701

Year of manufacture

2015

Engine

ROTAX 912ULS SERIES (100 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20151011

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A31DDC

Registrant of record

HAAGSMA KARL A

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N30KB NAVAL FCTY N3N-3 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

NAVAL FCTY N3N-3 · N30KB

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Day

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)

Airport

MADERA,CA

Kind of flying

CB

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

65° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000001957

Total time

7,500 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

7,500

Age

38

Investigator remarks

HIT CONCRETE CURBS

Cause factors

84/C/1 C
MISCELLANEOUS VORTEX TURBULENCE Cause
83/K/Y K
TERRAIN OTHER 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 2004. Source file NTSB_1979_3_2004.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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