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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX79DVA64

1979-08-22 MADERA, California, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

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 ↗.