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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX71FUG85

1971-05-20 CHINO, California, United States Fatal 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N99CC

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

BEECH N35

Year of manufacture

1961 · 10 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES (260 hp)

Seats / Engines

5 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19610712

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S ADD07F

Registrant of record

SCHMALZ PHILIP GRIFFIN RANLETT

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

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

BEDE BD4 · N99CC

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

D

Airport

CHINO

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

225° / 20 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000168

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

338

Age

57

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

.

Investigator remarks

FIRST FLIGHT THIS AIRCRAFT.WIND GUSTING 25 KNOTS

Cause factors

  • 64/A/23 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/A/16 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/J/31 J
    PILOT IN COMMAND LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT Joint 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 0192. Source file NTSB_1971_3_0192.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.