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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX72AL061

1972-06-02 SAFFORD, Arizona, United States Fatal 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N140X

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 140

Engine

CONT MOTOR C85 SERIES (85 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19560630

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A0A4BD

Registrant of record

REGISTRATION PENDING

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N140X AERO COMDR 500-A Fatal

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

AERO COMDR 500-A · N140X

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D9

Operator type

Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)

Kind of flying

CD

Weather at impact

Sky

BROKEN

Temp

92° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000001268-91

Total time

3,063 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

GA (GA)

Total hours

7,589

Age

34

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

MISC-LOSS OF CTL IN MTN TERRAIN FOR UNDET REASON.

Investigator remarks

NO WITNESSES TO STEEP NOSE DOWN IMPACT.

Cause factors

84/A/J A
MISCELLANEOUS WRITTEN CAUSE 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 1671. Source file NTSB_1972_3_1671.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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