NTSB CAROL · Event
Event LAX80DUJ78
Registry · N9182T
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
PIPER PA-25-235
Year of manufacture
1978 · 2 years old at event
Engine
LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES (250 hp)
Seats / Engines
1 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19881104
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S ACB713
Registrant of record
SHORTRIDGE RANDALL R
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
PIPER PA-25 · N9182T
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
Personal/private
Airport
GLIDER TOW STRIP
Kind of flying
DI
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
270° / 15 kt
Temp
100° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
0025-7856026
Total time
950 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
625
Age
33
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
ION INTO OBSERVED APPROACHING DUSTSTORM.
Investigator remarks
PILOT INITIATED TAKEOFF DURING GLIDER TOW OPERAT
Cause factors
- 64/A/40 A PILOT IN COMMAND INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 82/J/N J WEATHER LOCAL WHIRLWIND 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 3091.
Source file
NTSB_1980_3_3091.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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