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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX74FUJ52

1974-04-05 PHOENIX, Arizona, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N1NV

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

SAUM NICHOLAS SAUM SX-400

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A00142

Registrant of record

PLANE FUN INC TR TRUSTEE

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N1NV LET-NP-K L-13 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

LET-NP-K L-13 · N1NV

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

C

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

Part 121 (air carrier)

Airport

TURF

Kind of flying

B1

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

135° / 10 kt

Temp

68° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000175104

Total time

693 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

1,926

Age

26

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ACFT. INTNTL STALL INTO 3 PRKD ACFT, SUB DMG.

Investigator remarks

SIM ROPE BREAK AT LOW ALT. UN LND ON RWY DUE OTR

Cause factors

64/C/48 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE Cause
64/C/27 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING Cause
82/L/M L
WEATHER DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS
88/L/85 L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS SIMULATED CONDITIONS

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 0709. Source file NTSB_1974_3_0709.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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