NTSB CAROL · Event
Event LAX81DUJ42
Registry · N7JP
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
GULFSTREAM AEROSPACE GVI (G650)
Year of manufacture
2014
Engine
ROLLS DEUT BR700-725A112
Seats / Engines
22 seats · 2 engines
Last airworthiness date
20210901
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A950B2
Registrant of record
WILMINGTON TRUST CO TRUSTEE
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
BLANIK L-13 · N7JP
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
C
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EB
Operator type
Personal/private
Airport
ESTELLA SAILPORT
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
135° / 8 kt
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000175128
Total time
800 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
5,300
Age
49
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
ED.ATMTD 180DEG TURN TO PARALLEL RWY.CTRLN GEAR. .
Investigator remarks
EXTDD FLAPS INSTEAD OF SPOILERS DRG LNDG,BALLOON
Cause factors
- 64/A/23 A PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/71 A PILOT IN COMMAND MISUSED OR FAILED TO USE FLAPS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 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 0509.
Source file
NTSB_1981_3_0509.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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