NTSB CAROL · Event
Event LAX72DUG09
Registry · N63839
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
DJI AGRAS T100
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 ↗.
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