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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX81FVA58

1981-08-19 CHOWCHILLA, California, United States Serious 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N117CP

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

AMERICAN CHAMPION AIRCRAFT 7GCBC

Year of manufacture

1999

Engine

LYCOMING O-320-B2B (160 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20130627

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A04674

Registrant of record

C P AVIATION INC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N117CP Bede BD-4 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

BEDE BD-4 · N117CP

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

D

Airport

CHOWCHILLA

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

330° / 10 kt

Temp

76° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000117

Total time

107 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

5,000

Age

61

Cause factors

74/C/KA C
POWERPLANT POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS Cause
83/K/A K
TERRAIN WET,SOFT GROUND Joint factor

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 2320. Source file NTSB_1981_3_2320.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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