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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX81DJA09

1981-05-04 HANAMAULU, Hawaii, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N101MA

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-31-350

Year of manufacture

1977 · 4 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING TI0-540 SER (310 hp)

Seats / Engines

8 seats · 2 engines

Last airworthiness date

19771008

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A0097F

Registrant of record

PABLO AIR CHARTERS LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N101MA Emair MA-1B 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

EMAIR MA-1B · N101MA

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)

Airport

HANAMAULU

Kind of flying

CB

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Wind

230° / 3 kt

Temp

80° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000001

Total time

2,381 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

16,800

Age

61

Investigator remarks

L MAIN GEAR STRUT FAILED AT LWR ATCH BOLT HOLE.

Cause factors

70/A/CA A
AIRFRAME MAIN GEAR-SHOCK ABSORBING ASSY,STRUTS,ATTACHMENTS,ETC. Cause — pilot/personnel action
88/A/95 A
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE 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 1131. Source file NTSB_1981_3_1131.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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