NTSB CAROL · Event
Event LAX67D0404
Registry · N8840
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
STEARMAN AIRCRAFT C3-R
Year of manufacture
1929 · 38 years old at event
Engine
WRIGHT 760A B D E&ET (250 hp)
Seats / Engines
3 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19721018
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AC2F09
Registrant of record
BABCOCK GREG J
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
STEARMAN C3-R · N8840
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
C0
Operator type
Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)
Kind of flying
DD
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
311
Age
28
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
RAIN FIELD.
Investigator remarks
PLT FAILED TO USE FULL THROTTLE. ACFT RAN INTO G
Cause factors
- 64/C/16 C PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause
- 64/C/21 C PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS Cause
- 64/L/02 L PILOT IN COMMAND ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL
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 1165.
Source file
NTSB_1967_3_1165.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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