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LAX66F0143

1965-08-22 · SPARKS, Nevada, United States · Minor · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
CONVAIR L-13A · N68847
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
D
Airport
VISTA
Kind of flying
DB

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR

Pilot

Certificate
Airline transport

Investigator remarks

PILOT LEANED MIXTURE EXCESSIVELY

Cause factors

  • 88/A/96 A
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/A/21 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/B/16 B
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 3800. Source file NTSB_1965_3_3800.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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