NTSB CAROL · Event
Event LAX81DUQ21
Registry · N4GW
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
WHEELER GEORGE FIREBOLT
Year of manufacture
2007
Engine
LYCOMING IO-540-C4B5 (250 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20070609
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A4A89A
Registrant of record
FLANNERY MICHAEL P
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
SLINGSBY T.59.D · N4GW
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
C
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EB
Operator type
D
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
240° / 20 kt
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000001799
Total time
888 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
1,039
Age
26
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
UN CLR PWR LNS,LNDD IN ADJ FLD W X-WND GSTG 30KTS.
Investigator remarks
INADVERTENTLY LWRD FULL FLAPS,MISJUDGED WND VEL,
Cause factors
- 64/C/48 C PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE Cause
- 64/C/71 C PILOT IN COMMAND MISUSED OR FAILED TO USE FLAPS Cause
- 64/C/28 C PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS Cause
- 82/J/H J WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS Joint cause
- 83/J/I J TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS Joint cause
- 84/J/7 J MISCELLANEOUS EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION Joint cause
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 1368.
Source file
NTSB_1981_3_1368.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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