NTSB CAROL · Event
Event LAX81DVA42
Registry · N2376T
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
PIPER PA-28-140
Engine
LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19710911
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A225BD
Registrant of record
STRANBERG RAY L
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
PIPER PA-28 · N2376T
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
B0
Operator type
D
Airport
HARRIS RANCH
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
300° / 10 kt
Temp
80° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
0028-7225057
Total time
2,829 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
403
Age
50
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
UNTIL TOO LATE TO STOP.NO END LGTS OR REFLECTORS.
Investigator remarks
WHILE TAXIING DWN RWY AT NGT,DID NOT SEE THE END
Cause factors
- 64/A/50 A PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 80/J/A9 J AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES OTHER 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 1576.
Source file
NTSB_1981_3_1576.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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