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LAX79FVG71

1979-08-24 · FAIR OAKS, California, United States · Fatal · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Current FAA registration · N48784

Make / Model
BOEING A75N1(PT17)
Engine
CONT MOTOR R670-SERIES (225 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19720627
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A60627

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
STEARMAN A75N1 · N48784
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise climb (DB)
Operator type
D
Airport
PHOENIX
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number
0000075-1763
Total time
201 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
6,408
Age
67

Cause factors

  • 64/A/15 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/J/14 J
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING Joint cause
  • 83/J/I J
    TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS Joint cause

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 2501. Source file NTSB_1979_3_2501.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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