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LAX80DUG10

1979-12-01 · EL MONTE, California, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Current FAA registration · N17579

Make / Model
PIPER J-2
Year of manufacture
1936 · 43 years old at event
Engine
LYCOMING 0-145B SERIES (65 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19701103
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A12F2F

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
PIPER J-2 · N17579
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
D
Airport
EL MONTE
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Wind
220° / 7 kt
Temp
78° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000001079
Total time
2,618 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
821
Age
32

Cause factors

  • 65/C/62 C
    COPILOT Cause
  • 65/C/42 C
    COPILOT Cause

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 3878. Source file NTSB_1979_3_3878.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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