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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX71DUG59

1971-03-09 LA VERNE, California, United States None 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

CESSNA 310 · N3605D

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

IMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

D

Airport

BRACKETT FIELD

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000035305

Total time

1,646 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

245

Age

22

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

R TIP TANK.

Investigator remarks

PLT BLINDED BY LDG LT IN GRND FOG AT NGT.DRAGGED

Cause factors

  • 64/A/66 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND SPATIAL DISORIENTATION Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 82/A/C A
    WEATHER FOG 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 1022. Source file NTSB_1971_3_1022.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.