NTSB CAROL · Event
Event LAX82FVM01
Registry · N80DJ
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
PIPER PA-32R-301T
Year of manufacture
1981 · 0 years old at event
Engine
LYCOMING IO-540 SER (300 hp)
Seats / Engines
7 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19961004
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AADFD8
Registrant of record
SHIREMAN KIRK A
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
QUICKIE Q-1 · N80DJ
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
D
Airport
WATSONVILLE MUNI
Kind of flying
DB
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
130° / 5 kt
Temp
70° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000267
Total time
10 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
415
Age
25
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
,BLDGS.
Investigator remarks
UN TO CLB AFTER TKOF.LNDD TO AVOID TREES,PWR LNS
Cause factors
- 64/A/16 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/J/31 J PILOT IN COMMAND LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT Joint cause
- 82/J/M J WEATHER DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS Joint cause
- 83/J/I J TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS Joint cause
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 2392.
Source file
NTSB_1981_3_2392.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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