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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX69D0170

1968-09-09 BRAWLEY, California, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N8237D

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

BEECH J35

Year of manufacture

1957 · 11 years old at event

TCDS

3A15 · BEECH AIRCRAFT CORP NKA TEXTRON AVIATION INC

Engine

CONT MOTOR GIO-470SERIES (310 hp)

Seats / Engines

5 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19571118

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AB3F51

Registrant of record

PTS INC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N8237D Beech J35 None

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

BEECH J35 · N8237D

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

D

Airport

BRAWLEY

Kind of flying

B2

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Total time

2,839 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

251

Age

34

Investigator remarks

LEFT BRAKE FAILED.

Cause factors

64/C/46 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED Cause
70/L/CJ L
AIRFRAME BRAKING SYSTEM (NORMAL SYSTEM)
88/L/CW L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS WARPED
88/L/CI L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERHEATED
88/3/AW 3
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FEMALE PILOT Subordinate · 3

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 4079. Source file NTSB_1968_3_4079.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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