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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX73DUJ82

1973-06-06 PARKER, Arizona, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N21678 Cessna A188B None

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

CESSNA A188B · N21678

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)

Airport

POSTON

Kind of flying

CB

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

85° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000018800952

Total time

270 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

10,578

Age

35

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

& HAD TO LND IN SAND DUNES.

Investigator remarks

FUEL PUMP SHAFT SHEARED.PLT TRIED TO RET TO FLD

Cause factors

74/C/CH C
POWERPLANT PUMPS Cause
88/C/95 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause
88/C/96 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION Cause
64/B/27 B
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING
88/K/07 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES Joint factor
83/K/I K
TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS Joint factor

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 1537. Source file NTSB_1973_3_1537.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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