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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX80FVG58

1980-07-26 LINCOLN, California, United States Serious 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N326AA

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

XAG P100 PRO

0

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A3849B

Registrant of record

ALTERNATIVE AG SERVICES & CONSULTANTS 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

GRUM-AMER AA-1 · N326AA

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — level (EA)

Operator type

D

Airport

DUSTER STRIP

Kind of flying

A2

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

100° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000AA1-0300

Total time

852 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

542

Age

44

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

P W STEEP TURN,RESISTED CK PLT'S ATMT TO BRK STALL

Investigator remarks

PIC TRIED COMPLTG SIM FORCED LNDG TO DUSTER STRI

Cause factors

  • 64/C/45 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,AND ALTITUDE Cause
  • 64/B/16 B
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
  • 88/L/85 L
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS SIMULATED CONDITIONS

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 2781. Source file NTSB_1980_3_2781.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.