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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX73FUG13

1972-08-24 DAGGETT, California, United States Serious 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N8472M Cessna A150K Serious

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 A150K · N8472M

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EJ

Operator type

Part 121 (air carrier)

Airport

BARSTOW-DAGGETT

Kind of flying

A1

Weather at impact

Sky

SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET

Aircraft history

Serial number

000A15000172

Total time

1,042 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

13

Age

16

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ING PWR,AVDG OTR ACFT.

Investigator remarks

1ST SOLO.MADE 360 GO-AROUND DRG FNL APCH,W/O ADD

Cause factors

64/A/44 A
PILOT IN COMMAND SPONTANEOUS-IMPROPER ACTION Cause — pilot/personnel action
64/A/16 A
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action
68/A/C1 A
PERSONNEL INADEQUATE TRAINING OF STUDENT Cause — pilot/personnel action
88/1/AW 1
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FEMALE PILOT Subordinate · 1

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 1324. Source file NTSB_1972_3_1324.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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