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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX70DUA32

1970-06-07 LONG BEACH, California, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N9828B DOWNER 14-19 Minor

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

DOWNER 14-19 · N9828B

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D2

Operator type

D

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Wind

190° / 6 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000004080

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

1,091

Age

44

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ST.DESCENDED TO VFR CONDITIONS AFTER ENG QUIT.

Investigator remarks

NO WX CK BEFORE DEPARTURE.OPERATED ON TOP OF OVC

Cause factors

64/C/29 C
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
64/C/27 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING Cause
64/C/32 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL Cause
88/C/63 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL EXHAUSTION Cause
88/L/88 L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER

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 2396. Source file NTSB_1970_3_2396.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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