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LAX81DVG25

1981-04-14 · CALISTOGA, California, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
SCHWEIZER SGS136 · N3616C
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
C
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — level (EA)
Operator type
Personal/private
Airport
CALISTOGA
Kind of flying
A1

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000000006
Total time
25 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Airline transport
Total hours
12
Age
15

Investigator remarks

MISREAD ALTIMETER BY 1000FT.

Cause factors

  • 64/A/48 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/A/16 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/J/31 J
    PILOT IN COMMAND LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT Joint cause
  • 88/J/11 J
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS INSTRUMENTS-MISREAD OR FAILED TO READ Joint cause

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 0901. Source file NTSB_1981_3_0901.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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