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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX80DUG40

1980-05-26 PERRIS, California, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N2675H

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

SCHWEIZER SGS 1-35C

Year of manufacture

1977 · 3 years old at event

Engine

NONE NONE

Seats / Engines

1 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19770405

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A29C0D

Registrant of record

BECKMAN JAMES E

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N2675H Schweizer 1-35C None

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

SCHWEIZER 1-35C · N2675H

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

C

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

D

Airport

PERRIS VALLEY

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET

Wind

033° / 15 kt

Temp

60° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000075

Total time

431 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

124

Age

45

Investigator remarks

WIND CHGD DRG 72MIN FLT,GSTG 31KTS.SINGLE WHL.

Cause factors

64/C/80 C
PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND Cause
64/C/46 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED Cause
82/L/H L
WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS
88/K/AQ K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DOWNWIND Joint factor

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 1422. Source file NTSB_1980_3_1422.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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