NTSB CAROL · Event
Event LAX79DVA64
Registry · N7LM
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CESSNA 525B
Seats / Engines
8 seats · 2 engines
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A950E2
Registrant of record
TEXTRON AVIATION INC
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
Aircraft involved
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
MANISCALCO GRTLKS · N7LM
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
D
Airport
MADERA MUNICIPAL
Kind of flying
A0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
300° / 5 kt
Temp
63° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000001
Pilot
Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
12,500
Age
50
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
OUT.
Investigator remarks
PILOT STATED HE OVERCORRECTED AFTER L TIRE BLEW
Cause factors
- 70/C/CF C AIRFRAME WHEELS,TIRES,AXLES Cause
- 88/C/95 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause
- 64/B/22 B PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS
- 64/K/31 K PILOT IN COMMAND LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT 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 1769.
Source file
NTSB_1979_3_1769.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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