NTSB CAROL · Event
Event LAX81DVG25
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
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). Each row shows the raw triplet, modifier (Cause / Factor / etc.), category, and specific code.
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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