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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX81FVA54

1981-07-16 LOS BANOS, California, United States Serious 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N2932W

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CHRISTEN INDUSTRIES INC A-1

Year of manufacture

1989

Engine

LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19890411

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A30352

Registrant of record

SCHWELLER RONALD L

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N2932W Weatherly 201A 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

WEATHERLY 201A · N2932W

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

DJ

Operator type

Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)

Kind of flying

CA

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Wind

320° / 4 kt

Temp

65° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000112

Total time

677 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

4,064

Age

29

Cause factors

64/A/16 A
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action

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 2321. Source file NTSB_1981_3_2321.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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