NTSB CAROL · Event
Event LAX74AL059
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
NAMC YS-11A · N208PA
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
DC
Operator type
N
Kind of flying
A0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000002082
Total time
9,163 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
GA (GA)
Total hours
5,673
Age
33
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
E.HPC LVR IN OPEN PSN.HI STOP HUB CTC SWTCHS INOP.
Investigator remarks
STALL MAN.PWR LOSS,#2 FEATHRD MAN,#1 OVRTEMP,FIR
Cause factors
- 68/C/D6 C PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause
- 74/C/ZY C POWERPLANT OTHER Cause
- 66/C/21 C DUAL STUDENT Cause
- 64/C/30 C PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT Cause
- 88/L/48 L MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FAILURE OF TWO OR MORE ENGINES
- 88/K/CT K MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS EXCESSIVE TEMPERATURE Joint factor
- 88/K/51 K MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FIRE IN ENGINE Joint factor
- 88/K/DG K MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS INTENTIONAL WHEELS-UP 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 2522.
Source file
NTSB_1974_3_2522.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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