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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX66A0046

1965-12-04 LOMPOC, California, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N8900F

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

DJI MAVIC AIR 2

0

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AC47B2

Registrant of record

MOFFETT CHARLES W

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N8900F Hughes 269A None

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

HUGHES 269A · N8900F

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Balloon

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EB

Operator type

E

Airport

PARKING LOT

Kind of flying

CI

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

70° F

Aircraft history

Total time

227 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

DA (DA)

Total hours

5,000

Age

30

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

NG APPROACH WAS OVER HOUSES-WIRES-PEOPLE-PRKNG LOT

Investigator remarks

LANDED ON AND DAMAGED 3 PARKED AUTOMOBILES.LANDI

Cause factors

64/C/18 C
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE ROTOR R.P.M. Cause
64/J/08 J
PILOT IN COMMAND DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT Joint cause

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 0965. Source file NTSB_1965_2_0965.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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