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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX80DA011

1979-11-05 TAU, AS, American Samoa Serious 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N23BC

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CIRRUS DESIGN SR22

Year of manufacture

2009

TCDS

A00009CH · CIRRUS DESIGN CORP

Engine

CONT MOTOR IO-550-N (310 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20091028

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A20643

Registrant of record

JP SAUL MEDICAL FLIGHT SERVICES CONSULTING 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

DEHAVILLAND DHC-6 · N23BC

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

E

Airport

TAU

Kind of flying

CI

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000431

Total time

6,886 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

GA (GA)

Total hours

6,979

Age

40

Investigator remarks

COPILOT DID NOT CALL OUT LOW AIRSPEED ON FINAL.

Cause factors

  • 64/C/25 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER LEVEL OFF Cause
  • 64/B/62 B
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING
  • 65/J/20 J
    COPILOT 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 3088. Source file NTSB_1979_3_3088.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.