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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX81FUG23

1981-04-26 ADELANTO, California, United States Fatal 1 aircraft Status: Completed

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 ↗.