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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX71FUQ36

1970-11-15 MOJAVE, California, United States Serious 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N7519J

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CAMERON BALLOONS US ROUND THE WORLD

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AA215C

Registrant of record

AEROSTATICA INC DBA

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

PIPER PA-28R · N7519J

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Night

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

D

Airport

KERN COUNTY NO.7

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

60° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

00028R-30887

Total time

677 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

134

Age

32

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

DE AFTR T/O.

Investigator remarks

ACFT OBSD APRX 45 TO 50DEG BANK,NOSE HIGH ATTITU

Cause factors

  • 64/A/16 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED 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 1590. Source file NTSB_1970_3_1590.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.