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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX82DUQ02

1981-11-11 VAN NUYS, California, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N26353

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

GRUMMAN AMERICAN AA-5A

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A28D45

Registrant of record

SCOGGIN GERALD W III

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N26353 GRUM AMER AA-5A 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

GRUM AMER AA-5A · N26353

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

Part 121 (air carrier)

Airport

VAN NUYS

Kind of flying

A1

Weather at impact

Sky

SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET

Wind

240° / 10 kt

Temp

71° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000AA5A-0541

Total time

1,448 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

27

Age

34

Investigator remarks

SIDE OF RWY AND SIGNPOSTS.

Cause factors

64/C/79 C
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause
82/L/H L
WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS

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 2402. Source file NTSB_1981_3_2402.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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