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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX74DUG53

1974-05-04 LK ELSINORE, California, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N65E

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

HOWARD AIRCRAFT DGA-15P

Year of manufacture

1939 · 35 years old at event

Engine

P&W R-985 SERIES (450 hp)

Seats / Engines

5 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19550723

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A88AC5

Registrant of record

PERKINS LARRY L

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N65E Howard DGA15P None

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

HOWARD DGA15P · N65E

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

SKYLARK FIELD

Kind of flying

DG

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Temp

65° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000501

Total time

3,116 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

601

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

T LND IN CRAB ATTITUDE.

Investigator remarks

AT LIFTOFF PWR LOSS FOLLOWED BY PWR INCREASE. PL

Cause factors

74/C/KA C
POWERPLANT POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS Cause
64/B/22 B
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS
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 0931. Source file NTSB_1974_3_0931.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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