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LAX80DUG30

1980-04-19 · MURRIETA, California, United States · Minor · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Current FAA registration · N22418

Make / Model
HOWARD AIRCRAFT DGA-15P
Year of manufacture
1940 · 40 years old at event
Engine
P&W R-985 SERIES (450 hp)
Seats / Engines
5 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19560926
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A1F279

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
HOWARD DGA-15 · N22418
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
DC
Operator type
D
Airport
MURRIETA THOMPSON
Kind of flying
DG

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR
Temp
85° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000000517
Total time
8,541 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
2,100
Age
28

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

MISC-PREMATURE CHUTE OPENING.

Investigator remarks

PARACHUTE ENTANGLED WITH ELEVATOR.

Cause factors

  • 84/C/J C
    MISCELLANEOUS WRITTEN CAUSE Cause
  • 88/C/77 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS INTERFERENCE WITH FLIGHT CONTROLS Cause

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 0397. Source file NTSB_1980_3_0397.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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