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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX80DUM04

1979-11-10 SAN DIEGO, California, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N40BS Schweizer SGS135 Minor

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 SGS135 · N40BS

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

C

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

D

Airport

BORDERLAND

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

91° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000007

Total time

610 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

24

Age

41

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

TO ARPT TO AVOID LNDG IN LAKE.

Investigator remarks

PLT STATED-AFTER OVERSHOOT,STALLED DRG TURN BACK

Cause factors

64/C/46 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED Cause
64/B/16 B
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
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 2899. Source file NTSB_1979_3_2899.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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