NTSB CAROL · Event
Event LAX65A0060
Registry · N56681
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
MAULE MX-7-235
Year of manufacture
1987
Engine
LYCOMING L-540-T4B5 (260 hp)
Seats / Engines
5 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20010618
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A740BE
Registrant of record
BINGGELI MARK
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
FAIRCHILD M62C · N56681
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EJ
Operator type
D
Airport
JACUMBA
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
86
Age
17
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
PILOT WITH 12 TOTAL FLIGHT HOURS. #5 CYL. FAILED.
Investigator remarks
DATE OF RECOVERY-01/23/65.PASSENGER WAS STUDENT
Cause factors
- 74/C/AD C POWERPLANT CYLINDER ASSEMBLY Cause
- 68/C/D1 C PERSONNEL IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (OWNER PERSONNEL) Cause
- 88/C/AV C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS LOOSE,PART/FITTING Cause
- 64/B/16 B PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
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
2 0152.
Source file
NTSB_1965_2_0152.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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