NTSB CAROL · Event
Event LAX70A0018
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
CESSNA 182K · N2640R
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
D1
Operator type
Part 91 (general aviation)
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
OBSCURATION
Aircraft history
Serial number
000018258340
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
1,573
Age
50
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
/10/67.
Investigator remarks
STRUCK OBSCURED MNTN SIDE. PLTS FLT TIME AS OF 2
Cause factors
- 64/A/29 A PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/04 A PILOT IN COMMAND CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 82/J/A J WEATHER LOW CEILING Joint cause
- 82/J/C J WEATHER FOG 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 3119.
Source file
NTSB_1969_3_3119.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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