NTSB CAROL · Event
Event LAX64A0024
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
LOCKHEED 188A · N7142C
Damage
None
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D1
Weather at impact
Sky
UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
Aircraft history
Total time
6,693 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
16,500
Age
40
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
CO. FLEW INTO CLOUD TOPS.
Investigator remarks
INVESTIGATION UNDER JURISDICTION OF GOVT OF MEXI
Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket
1 0078.
Source file
NTSB_1963_1_0078.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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