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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX67D0330

1967-03-05 MESA, Arizona, United States Minor 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

NAVY N3N · N44981

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)

Airport

FALCON FIELD

Kind of flying

CB

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

40° F

Aircraft history

Total time

4,555 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

5,000

Age

62

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

YSICAL CONDITION WAS VERY POOR.

Investigator remarks

FAA MEDICAL EXAMINER REPORTED THAT THE PILOTS PH

Cause factors

  • 64/A/16 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/A/65 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT 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 0865. Source file NTSB_1967_3_0865.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.