NTSB CAROL · Event
Event LAX79FUJ74
Registry · N7340U
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CESSNA 207A
Year of manufacture
1977 · 2 years old at event
Engine
CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES (285 hp)
Seats / Engines
7 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19980112
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A9DC52
Registrant of record
YR-AIRCRAFT LEASING LLC
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
CESSNA 207 · N7340U
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EJ
Operator type
E
Airport
SHOW LOW
Kind of flying
CI
Weather at impact
Sky
UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
Wind
180° / 20 kt
Temp
50° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000020700407
Total time
1,098 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
4,005
Age
45
Investigator remarks
DIRT BANKS ON LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY
Cause factors
- 64/A/28 A PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/71 A PILOT IN COMMAND MISUSED OR FAILED TO USE FLAPS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 82/J/H J WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS Joint cause
- 80/J/BY J AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES OTHER 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 1363.
Source file
NTSB_1979_3_1363.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
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