NTSB CAROL · Event
Event LAX81FUG23
Registry · N37CR
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
VAN'S AIRCRAFT RV-6
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A431B4
Registrant of record
BIG KAHUNA WHOLESALE LLC
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
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
ACRODUSTER SA-700 · N37CR
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D7
Operator type
D
Airport
EL MIRAGE
Kind of flying
DF
Weather at impact
Sky
UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
Wind
280° / 18 kt
Temp
70° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000029
Total time
90 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
3,700
Age
34
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
PIN ON AEROBATIC DEMO FLT.WND GSTG 25KTS.
Investigator remarks
STRUCK GND DRG RECOVERY FM INTENTIONAL LOW ALT S
Cause factors
- 64/A/52 A PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 82/J/H J WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS Joint cause
- 88/1/AW 1 MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FEMALE PILOT Subordinate · 1
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 1365.
Source file
NTSB_1981_3_1365.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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