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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX80FA024

1979-12-09 BISHOP, California, United States Fatal 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N600WW

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

SONEX AIRCRAFT WAIEX

Year of manufacture

2006

Engine

REVMASTER R-2300 (85 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20210218

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A7C948

Registrant of record

BEVILACQUA MICHAEL A

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N600WW Aerostar 601P Fatal

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

AEROSTAR 601P · N600WW

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise climb (DB)

Operator type

Business

Airport

BISHOP

Kind of flying

B1

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

150° / 6 kt

Temp

65° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

601P-0269056

Total time

651 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

1,765

Age

56

Cause factors

64/A/16 A
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action

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 4020. Source file NTSB_1979_3_4020.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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