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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX71FUD01

1970-07-12 HAWTHORNE, California, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N461NC Beech 56TC 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

BEECH 56TC · N461NC

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — level (EA)

Operator type

Business

Airport

HAWTHORNE

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

225° / 8 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000000TG-16

Total time

803 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

2,125

Age

41

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

OTH ENGS QUIT. HIT POLES AND DMGD 5 CARS IN STREET

Investigator remarks

DIDNT REFUEL AT NAPA. OVERFLEW SUITABLE AFLDS. B

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/K/48 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FAILURE OF TWO OR MORE ENGINES Joint factor
88/K/DG K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS INTENTIONAL WHEELS-UP Joint factor

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 2977. Source file NTSB_1970_3_2977.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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