NTSB CAROL · Event
Event LAX70F0043
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
DOUGLAS B-26B · N9405Z
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
Business
Airport
LOS ANGELES
Kind of flying
DB
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Total time
2,642 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
11,131
Age
49
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
PROP NOT FTHRD.3 CREW DIED DUE FIRE,2 IN APT BLDG.
Investigator remarks
FRONT BANK L ENG FAILED.ACFT,SNGL PLT CONFIGN.L
Cause factors
- 74/C/AC C POWERPLANT MASTER AND CONNECTING RODS Cause
- 74/C/AE C POWERPLANT PISTON,PISTON RINGS Cause
- 88/C/95 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause
- 64/B/16 B PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
- 88/B/07 B MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES
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 2149.
Source file
NTSB_1969_3_2149.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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