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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX73FUJ43

1973-01-05 PEORIA, Arizona, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

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

CESSNA 150L · N6777G

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — level (EA)

Operator type

Part 91 (general aviation)

Airport

GLENDALE MUNI

Kind of flying

A3

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000150-72277

Total time

2,375 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

21

Age

18

Investigator remarks

LNDD IN COTTON FLD.

Cause factors

  • 64/A/21 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/A/96 A
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 83/B/F B
    TERRAIN ROUGH/UNEVEN

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 0150. Source file NTSB_1973_3_0150.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.