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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX73FUJ66

1973-04-03 PEORIA, Arizona, United States Serious 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N3658R Cessna 172E 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 172E · N3658R

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

D

Airport

MOTHER SHED STRIP

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

70° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000017251564

Total time

3,627 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

77

Age

39

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

IKE AT END OF STRIP.

Investigator remarks

ONLY 900 FT OF STRIP USEABLE. TEMP 70 DEG. HIT D

Cause factors

64/C/29 C
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
80/L/BY L
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES OTHER
82/L/U L
WEATHER HIGH TEMPERATURE
88/K/94 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE 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 0760. Source file NTSB_1973_3_0760.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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