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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX70F0208

1969-11-18 LAVERNE, California, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N427LA DEHAVILLAND DH104 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

DEHAVILLAND DH104 · N427LA

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

B1

Operator type

E

Airport

BRACKETT

Kind of flying

CI

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000004353

Total time

6,412 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

GA (GA)

Total hours

13,290

Age

41

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ONED FOR UNDETERMINED REASON.

Investigator remarks

LOST CNTL TURNING OFF RWY. BRAKE VALVE MALFUNCTI

Cause factors

70/C/CJ C
AIRFRAME BRAKING SYSTEM (NORMAL SYSTEM) Cause
70/C/CK C
AIRFRAME BRAKING SYSTEM (EMERGENCY SYSTEM) 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 3194. Source file NTSB_1969_3_3194.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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