NTSB CAROL · Event
Event LAX74DUJ53
Registry · N5433
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
TRAVEL AIR 4000
Year of manufacture
1928 · 46 years old at event
Engine
LYCOMING R680 (215 hp)
Seats / Engines
3 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20000118
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A6E5D2
Registrant of record
DAVID LEE BRADLEY PRODUCTIONS INC
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
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
TRAVEL AIR 4000 · N5433
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
DD
Operator type
Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)
Kind of flying
CB
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Temp
70° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000522
Total time
3,788 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
2,186
Age
29
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
WITH LOW AIRSPEED,LOW ALT.SPRAYING ALFALFA.
Investigator remarks
NO.7 CYL CRACKED.ATTEMPTED EMERG LDG ON DIRT RD
Cause factors
- 74/A/AD A POWERPLANT CYLINDER ASSEMBLY Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/95 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/B/13 B MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS NOT ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY/INTENDED LANDING AREA
- 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 0998.
Source file
NTSB_1974_3_0998.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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