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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX80FUM16

1980-03-22 SAN DIEGO, California, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N8964L

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

BOEING 737-8

Year of manufacture

2025

TCDS

A16WE · THE BOEING CO

Engine

CFM INTL LEAP-1B28 SER

Seats / Engines

175 seats · 2 engines

Last airworthiness date

20250822

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AC5E8D

Registrant of record

SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N8964L GRUM AMER AA1-B 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

GRUM AMER AA1-B · N8964L

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

D

Airport

MONTGOMERY

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

250° / 6 kt

Temp

73° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000AA1B0414

Total time

1,960 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

102

Age

43

Cause factors

64/C/25 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER LEVEL OFF Cause
64/C/62 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING Cause
88/K/94 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Joint factor
88/L/91 L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS TOUCH AND GO LANDING

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 0375. Source file NTSB_1980_3_0375.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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