NTSB CAROL · Event
Event LAX66D0085
Registry · N48291
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
TAYLORCRAFT DCO-65
Year of manufacture
1942 · 23 years old at event
Engine
CONT MOTOR A&C65 SERIES (65 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19580909
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A5F3B4
Registrant of record
AGATHER VICTOR NEILS
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
TAYLORCRAFT DCO-65 · N48291
Damage
Minor
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
A0
Operator type
D
Airport
KERN COUNTY
Kind of flying
A0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
250° / 8 kt
Temp
94° F
Aircraft history
Total time
2,620 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
GA (GA)
Total hours
5,767
Age
43
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
E. PILOT PROPPED ENG. UNQUALIFIED PERSON AT CONTRL
Investigator remarks
PARKED AIRCRAFT ERCOUPE 415C N87201 SUBST. DAMAG
Cause factors
- 64/A/37 A PILOT IN COMMAND STARTED ENGINE WITHOUT PROPER ASSISTANCE/EQUIPMENT Cause — pilot/personnel action
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 2426.
Source file
NTSB_1965_3_2426.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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