NTSB CAROL · Event
Event LAX81DUG04
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
CESSNA 152 · N6105B
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
Part 121 (air carrier)
Airport
BRACKETT
Kind of flying
A1
Weather at impact
Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Wind
140° / 5 kt
Temp
70° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000015283900
Total time
715 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Airline transport
Total hours
28
Age
37
Investigator remarks
SWERVED OFF RUNWAY & NOSED OVER.
Cause factors
- 64/C/22 C PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS Cause
- 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 3092.
Source file
NTSB_1980_3_3092.txt.
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