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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX81FVG57

1981-07-30 RED BLUFF, California, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N4775H

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

MOONEY M20J

Year of manufacture

1979 · 2 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING I0360 SER A&C (200 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19790830

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A5DE2A

Registrant of record

MILE 13 AIRPLANE LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N4775H Mooney M20J None

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

MOONEY M20J · N4775H

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

RED BLUFF MUNI

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

130° / 6 kt

Temp

91° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000024-0868

Total time

642 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

352

Age

46

Investigator remarks

WING DMGD.

Cause factors

64/A/25 A
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER LEVEL OFF Cause — pilot/personnel action
64/A/62 A
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING 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 1582. Source file NTSB_1981_3_1582.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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