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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX70D0103

1969-08-07 SOMERTON, Arizona, United States Serious 1 aircraft Status: Completed

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

BOEING A75N1 · N62850

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

DK

Operator type

Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)

Airport

MCDANIEL

Kind of flying

CA

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

170° / 6 kt

Temp

97° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000075-1824

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

4,000

Age

39

Cause factors

  • 64/A/16 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 82/J/U J
    WEATHER HIGH TEMPERATURE Joint cause
  • 88/J/DC J
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS LOAD NOT JETTISONED 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 3472. Source file NTSB_1969_3_3472.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.