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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX66F0060

1965-08-13 PIXLEY, California, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N8897M

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

BEECH A23

Year of manufacture

1965 · 0 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR IO-346 SERIES (165 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19650104

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AC429D

Registrant of record

ALMETER FRANCIS J

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N8897M BEECHCRAFT A-23 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

BEECHCRAFT A-23 · N8897M

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — level (EA)

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

PIXLEY

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

85° F

Aircraft history

Total time

203 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

83

Age

24

Cause factors

88/A/63 A
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL EXHAUSTION Cause — pilot/personnel action
64/C/29 C
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING 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 3 1975. Source file NTSB_1965_3_1975.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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