NTSB CAROL · Event
Event LAX80DUJ11
Registry · N14985
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
RYAN AERONAUTICAL ST-A
Engine
MENASCO SUP PIRT D4B (160 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19551111
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A0C7AD
Registrant of record
SWEET TEA HOLDINGS 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
RYAN ST-A · N14985
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Night
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
D
Airport
DEER VALLEY
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
OVERCAST
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000117
Total time
1,207 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
801
Age
23
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
TATION.
Investigator remarks
L BRAKE DISC TANG DISTORTED,RESTRICTING WHEEL RO
Cause factors
- 70/C/CJ C AIRFRAME BRAKING SYSTEM (NORMAL SYSTEM) Cause
- 88/C/BN C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DISTORTED Cause
- 64/L/31 L PILOT IN COMMAND LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT
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 3634.
Source file
NTSB_1979_3_3634.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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- arXiv 2019 · arXiv preprint
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- arXiv 2021 · arXiv preprint
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