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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX81DUQ31

1980-08-04 SANTA ROSA, California, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N36207

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

BOEING 737-824

Year of manufacture

2000

Engine

CFM INTL. CFM56 SERIES (2200 hp)

Seats / Engines

149 seats · 2 engines

Last airworthiness date

20000807

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A41632

Registrant of record

UNITED AIRLINES INC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N36207 Piper PA-34 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

PIPER PA-34 · N36207

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

E

Airport

SANTA ROSA ISLAND

Kind of flying

CJ

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

0034-7870303

Total time

1,225 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

1,293

Age

24

Investigator remarks

PROPS DAMAGED.

Cause factors

64/A/79 A
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL 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 3775. Source file NTSB_1980_3_3775.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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