NTSB CAROL · Event
Event LAX68A0095
Registry · N13066
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
DJI AGRAS T50
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A07E7A
Registrant of record
JDV FARMS INC
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
WACO UIC · N13066
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
D
Airport
CAL.POLY STRIP
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
315° / 5 kt
Temp
71° F
Aircraft history
Total time
3,163 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
287
Age
39
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
AND GO LNDG.
Investigator remarks
ACFT ENTERED ABNORMALLY STEEP CLIMB AFTER TOUCH
Cause factors
- 64/A/16 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED 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 0750.
Source file
NTSB_1968_3_0750.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
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- NASA NTRS 2019 · Contractor Report (CR)
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- arXiv 2026 · arXiv preprint
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- arXiv 2026 · arXiv preprint
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