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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX72DUG09

1971-08-24 ADELANTO, California, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N63839

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

DJI AGRAS T100

0

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A85E57

Registrant of record

J & D FORESTRY SOLUTIONS LLC

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

FAIRCHILD PT-23 · N63839

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

Business

Airport

EL MIRAGE

Kind of flying

DI

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000325-HO

Total time

903 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

1,149

Age

52

Cause factors

  • 64/C/46 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED Cause
  • 64/C/82 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND Cause
  • 82/L/J L
    WEATHER SUDDEN WINDSHIFT

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 3200. Source file NTSB_1971_3_3200.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.