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LAX83LXQ01

1982-12-10 · BRIDGEPORT, California, United States · Fatal · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

N6166S has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (AIR CREATION BUGGY 582, built 2004), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Factual narrative

THE ACFT HIT A SMALL PINE TREE LOCATED ON THE TOP OF THE RIDGE, THEN SLID DOWN A SNOW COVERED SLOPE TO THE BOTTOM OF A RAVINE WHERE IT CAUGHT FIRE & BURNED. THE PAX WAS FATALLY BURNED & THE PLT RECEIVED A SEVERE HEAD CONCUSSION. THE PROP WAS STOPPED AT THE TIME OF IMPACT & THE FLAPS WERE DOWN. THE PLT REPORTED HE WAS KNOCKED UNCONSCIOUS & CAME TO SECONDS BEFORE IMPACT. AT THAT TIME THE PAX WAS FLYING THE ACFT. LOCAL AUTHORITIES ARE INVESTIGATING ALLEGED FOUL PLAY. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1982_LAX83LXQ01.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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