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Event LAX88LA188

1988-05-18 S. LAKE TAHOE, California, United States Airport · TVL None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N2969A

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

STRAW KEVIN A MXL II

Year of manufacture

1995

Engine

ROTAX 582SER (65 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20080710

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A30F58

Registrant of record

MORRIS FRED H

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Factual narrative

THE PILOT LOST CONTROL AND DRAGGED A WING WHILE TAXIING. THE PILOT INDICATED THAT HE HAD JUST COMPLETED AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING AND WAS TAXIING TO PARKING. HE ALSO INDICATED THAT HE WAS TAXIING TOO FAST WHEN HE TURNED OFF THE RUNWAY AND THE WING DIPPED AND STRUCK THE GROUND. THE WINDS WERE REPORTED TO BE CALM AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE PLT DID NOT FILE AND ACC REPORT. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1988_LAX88LA188.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

Related research

What the literature says.

Academic papers and agency reports matching this event's aircraft type. Sourced from NASA NTRS, NTSB Safety Studies, FAA CAMI, AOPA Air Safety Institute, Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons, arXiv, and the Semantic Scholar academic graph.

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