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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX70AL039

1970-01-10 INYOKERN, California, United States Fatal 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N8714S

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

IRVIN STEPHEN D RUTAN LONG E-Z

Year of manufacture

1987

Engine

LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES (115 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19871214

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S ABFD02

Registrant of record

FISHER TIMOTHY S

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N8714S Cessna 150F Fatal

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 150F · N8714S

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

DC

Operator type

Part 91 (general aviation)

Airport

INYOKERN

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Aircraft history

Serial number

000015062014

Total time

3,506 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

50

Age

20

Investigator remarks

FLT PHASE UNKN. TIME OF ACDNT ESTIMATED.

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 0801. Source file NTSB_1970_3_0801.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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