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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX81DVG61

1981-08-22 COLUSA, California, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N1005X

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

MOONEY M20M

Year of manufacture

2000

Engine

LYCOMING TI0-540 SER (310 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20000807

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A007D1

Registrant of record

SIGLER LANNY

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N1005X 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 · N1005X

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

C0

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

DAVIS RANCH

Kind of flying

B2

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

180° / 9 kt

Temp

80° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

00028-751537

Total time

2,701 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

707

Age

25

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

WED,10FT WIDE,L WING HIT RICE,VEERED INTO DIKE.

Investigator remarks

L MAIN WHL STRUCK SMALL BUSHES WHERE STRIP NARRO

Cause factors

64/C/35 C
PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN Cause
80/L/BI L
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES HIGH VEGETATION
80/L/BK L
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES POORLY MAINTAINED RUNWAY SURFACE

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 2368. Source file NTSB_1981_3_2368.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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