NTSB CAROL · Event
Event LAX71FUQ69
Registry · N9754
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
SCHEMPP-HIRTH DISCUS CS
Year of manufacture
2000
Engine
NONE NONE
Seats / Engines
1 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20210219
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AD991C
Registrant of record
BANK OF UTAH TRUSTEE
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
BENSEN B-8 · N9754
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
I
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D9
Operator type
D
Airport
HOLIDAY HAVEN
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Serial number
0504-16-1539
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
575
Age
30
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
AIRSPEED. PLT SAID ROTOR SPEED BLO 250 RPM.
Investigator remarks
ACFT FELL TO GND DURG DWNWND TURN AT LO ALT AND
Cause factors
- 64/A/02 A PILOT IN COMMAND ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/31 A PILOT IN COMMAND LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/16 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/J/AQ J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DOWNWIND 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 0788.
Source file
NTSB_1971_3_0788.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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