NTSB CAROL · Event
Event LAX72FUQ41
Registry · N878M
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
HAWKER MK 11 SEA FURY
Year of manufacture
1952 · 19 years old at event
Engine
WRIGHT R3350-42 (3250 hp)
Seats / Engines
1 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20000719
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AC1521
Registrant of record
WOELBING AVIATION 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
HAWKER FURY MARK 2 · N878M
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
DC
Operator type
D
Airport
MOJAVE-KERN COUNT
Kind of flying
DF
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
315° / 20 kt
Temp
53° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
041-H-636294
Total time
645 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
3,015
Age
41
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
D FAILED.
Investigator remarks
PRACTICE RUN ON RACE COURSE. FRONT ROW MASTER RO
Cause factors
- 74/C/AC C POWERPLANT MASTER AND CONNECTING RODS Cause
- 88/C/95 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause
- 83/B/A B TERRAIN WET,SOFT GROUND
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 3468.
Source file
NTSB_1971_3_3468.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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