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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event UNK79X0109

1979-03-29 SAN DIEGO, California, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N312AG

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

XAG P100 PRO

0

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A34E46

Registrant of record

AGB FARMING LLC

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

PIPER PA-32 · N312AG

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — level (EA)

Operator type

D

Airport

BROWN FIELD

Kind of flying

A3

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

240° / 11 kt

Temp

75° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0032S7240096

Total time

1,464 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

167

Age

23

Cause factors

  • 74/C/KA C
    POWERPLANT POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS Cause
  • 88/L/91 L
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS TOUCH AND GO LANDING
  • 88/K/94 K
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Joint factor

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 0632. Source file NTSB_1979_3_0632.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.