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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX67D0133

1966-09-04 LONE PINE, California, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

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

CESSNA 210B · N9615X

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Night

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

D

Airport

MONACHE MEADOWS

Kind of flying

DE

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

135° / 30 kt

Temp

75° F

Aircraft history

Total time

821 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

275

Age

34

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

F 1 HOUR EARLIER.

Investigator remarks

ONE WAY MOUNTAIN STRIP. WIND FAVORABLE ON TAKEOF

Cause factors

  • 82/C/H C
    WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS Cause
  • 82/L/M L
    WEATHER DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS
  • 80/L/BY L
    AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES OTHER
  • 88/L/AQ L
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DOWNWIND

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 3252. Source file NTSB_1966_3_3252.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.