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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX74FUG15

1973-09-24 ADELANTO, California, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N2029Z Cessna 150C 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

CESSNA 150C · N2029Z

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Night

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D2

Operator type

D

Airport

GREY BUTTE

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

090° / 15 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

000015059829

Total time

4,235 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

127

Age

26

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

T EQUIPMT ON RWY.HIT CONST EQUIPMT ON OVERRUN.

Investigator remarks

PWR LOSS AT 7500FT,EMERG LDNG AT CLOSED ARPT.TES

Cause factors

74/C/KA C
POWERPLANT POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS Cause
64/B/35 B
PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN
80/K/BE K
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES UNMARKED OBSTRUCTIONS Joint factor
80/K/BY K
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES OTHER 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 3948. Source file NTSB_1973_3_3948.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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