NTSB CAROL · Event
Event LAX68A0098
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
FAIRCHILD F-27J · N27W
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EJ
Operator type
Business
Airport
RANCHO PAISANO
Kind of flying
B3
Weather at impact
Sky
UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
Wind
100° / 10 kt
Temp
80° F
Aircraft history
Total time
540 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
GA (GA)
Total hours
13,000
Age
46
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
TION SHOULD HAVE USED EMGCY STOPPING PROCEDURE.
Investigator remarks
ATTEMPTED GO-AROUND WITH PROPS IN GRND FINE POSI
Cause factors
- 64/A/21 A PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/20 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/27 A PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/16 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/J/80 J PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND Joint cause
- 88/J/AQ J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DOWNWIND Joint cause
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 4640.
Source file
NTSB_1968_3_4640.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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