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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX81DVD42

1981-09-07 TRACY, California, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N21JV

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

WAY PITTS S-1

Year of manufacture

1977 · 4 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

1 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19800804

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A1B805

Registrant of record

MATULA JOHN K

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N21JV Pitts S-1C Minor

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

PITTS S-1C · N21JV

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

D

Airport

NEW JERUSALEM

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000137

Total time

85 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

1,525

Age

46

Investigator remarks

RAN INTO FARM CROP BESIDE RWY.

Cause factors

64/C/22 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS Cause
80/K/BY K
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES OTHER Joint factor
88/3/AW 3
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FEMALE PILOT Subordinate · 3

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 2387. Source file NTSB_1981_3_2387.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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