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LAX73FUQ25

1973-03-26 · SAN FRNANDO, California, United States · Serious · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Current FAA registration · N361A

Make / Model
MOONEY M-18L
Year of manufacture
1949 · 24 years old at event
Engine
LYCOMING 0-145B SERIES (65 hp)
Seats / Engines
1 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19560417
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A41003

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
MOONEY M-18L · N361A
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
D
Airport
SAN FERNANDO
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000000022
Total time
657 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
5,000
Age
50

Investigator remarks

ENG LOST PWR. SLID INTO FENCE.

Cause factors

  • 64/C/21 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS Cause
  • 88/C/02 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ANTI-ICING/DEICING EQUIPMENT-IMPROPER OPERATION OF/OR FAILED TO USE Cause
  • 88/C/72 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ICE-CARBURETOR Cause
  • 64/L/29 L
    PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING
  • 82/L/G L
    WEATHER CONDITIONS CONDUCIVE TO CARB./INDUCTION SYSTEM ICING

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 0758. Source file NTSB_1973_3_0758.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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