NTSB CAROL · Event
Event LAX71FUG26
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
BENSEN KEB · N9672Z
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
I
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D1
Operator type
D
Airport
EL MIRAGE
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Temp
70° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
0000KEB-1002
Total time
372 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
746
Age
34
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
UT NOT SAFETIED.ROTOR ASSY SEPARATED FROM MAST.
Investigator remarks
ROTOR INSTALLED BY PLT.ROTOR SPINDLE RETAINING N
Cause factors
- 64/C/29 C PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
- 68/C/D6 C PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause
- 78/C/AY C ROTORCRAFT OTHER Cause
- 88/C/29 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPERLY SECURED Cause
- 88/C/CB C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPERLY INSTALLED Cause
- 88/L/49 L MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS SEPARATION IN FLIGHT
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 4230.
Source file
NTSB_1970_3_4230.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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