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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX81DVA64

1981-08-31 MADERA, California, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N2863U

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-28-181

Year of manufacture

1979 · 2 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19790522

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A2E719

Registrant of record

EADY PAUL CLIFFORD

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N2863U Piper PA-28 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-28 · N2863U

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

GREENLEAF FARMS

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

75° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0028-7990505

Total time

1,036 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

3,085

Age

59

Investigator remarks

L WING TIP STRUCK GRAPE VINES & POSTS.

Cause factors

64/C/79 C
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL 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 2359. Source file NTSB_1981_3_2359.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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