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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX81DXQ26

1981-07-17 RAVENDALE, California, United States Serious 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N51648

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

MAULE M-5-210C

Year of manufacture

1974 · 7 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR IO-360-D (210 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20060821

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A67ABE

Registrant of record

ESH CHRISTOPHER J

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N51648 Maule M-5 Serious

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

MAULE M-5 · N51648

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

D

Airport

RAVENDALE

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

270° / 7 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

00000005032C

Total time

266 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

589

Age

56

Investigator remarks

STRUCK ROADWAY EMBANKMENT.WND GSTG 15KTS.

Cause factors

64/C/28 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS Cause
82/L/H L
WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS

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 1580. Source file NTSB_1981_3_1580.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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