NTSB CAROL · Event
Event LAX66F0063
Registry · N66711
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
BOEING A75N1
Year of manufacture
1941 · 24 years old at event
Engine
JACOBS R-755B2M (275 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20100426
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A8D0CF
Registrant of record
MASON PETER TRUSTEE
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
BOEING B-75 · N66711
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Day
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)
Airport
GARRIOTT
Kind of flying
DD
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Temp
68° F
Aircraft history
Total time
5,509 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
5,000
Age
36
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
URE CONTROL ROD.
Investigator remarks
SPRAY PUMP PROPELLER DISINTEGRATED STRIKING MIXT
Cause factors
- 88/A/96 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 74/C/KC C POWERPLANT FOREIGN OBJECT DAMAGE 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 2339.
Source file
NTSB_1965_3_2339.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
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