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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX69F0084

1968-08-14 CALIPATRIA, California, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N44922

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

NAVAL AIRCRAFT FACTORY N3N-3

Year of manufacture

1939 · 29 years old at event

Engine

P&W R-985 SERIES (450 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19951128

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A56EC5

Registrant of record

CAVANAGH MICHAEL B

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N44922 NAVAL FCTY N3N-1 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

NAVAL FCTY N3N-1 · N44922

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

C0

Operator type

Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)

Airport

AG STRIP

Kind of flying

CB

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

100° F

Aircraft history

Total time

8,304 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

11,150

Age

45

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ENTION OF FLAGMAN. ACFT SWERVED INTO DITCH.

Investigator remarks

PLT FAILED TO CLEAR AREA PRIOR TO T/O ROLL.INATT

Cause factors

64/C/29 C
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
68/C/K1 C
PERSONNEL GROUND SIGNALMAN 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 2948. Source file NTSB_1968_3_2948.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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