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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX67I0024

1966-08-30 MOJAVE, California, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N322F

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

BEECH E33A

Year of manufacture

1969

Engine

CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES (285 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19690929

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A3763B

Registrant of record

MEIKLE TED S 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 707 · N322F

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

C

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

C0

Airport

MOJAVE-KERN CTY

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

280° / 15 kt

Temp

70° F

Aircraft history

Total time

4,280 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

DA (DA)

Total hours

20,000

Age

47

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

NO.3 ENGINE AND RT INBOARD FLAP. PLT ABORTED FLT.

Investigator remarks

ALL 4 RIGHT MAIN GEAR TIRES BLEW OUT. DAMAGE TO

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 4 0043. Source file NTSB_1966_4_0043.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.