NTSB CAROL · Event
Event LAX65D0006
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
CESSNA 175 · N6897E
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EB
Operator type
D
Airport
BRAWLEY
Kind of flying
B2
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
269° / 20 kt
Temp
54° F
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
110
Age
35
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
REASON
Investigator remarks
NIGHT OPERATION.OIL STARVATION FOR UNDETERMINED
Cause factors
- 88/C/97 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OIL STARVATION Cause
- 74/C/AB C POWERPLANT CRANKSHAFT Cause
- 88/C/36 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FATIGUE FRACTURE Cause
- 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 3872.
Source file
NTSB_1965_3_3872.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
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