NTSB CAROL · Event
Event LAX74FUJ72
Registry · N8256H
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
BEECH A36
Year of manufacture
1991
Engine
CONT MOTOR IO-550 SERIES (300 hp)
Seats / Engines
6 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19911001
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AB46A0
Registrant of record
GJ FLIGHT GROUP LLC
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
CALLAIR A-9 · N8256H
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
DK
Operator type
D
Kind of flying
B1
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000001234
Total time
2,348 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
96
Age
37
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
ABD.
Investigator remarks
LOST CTL IN STEEP TURN PRACTISING AG OPS.NO LOAD
Cause factors
- 64/A/16 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/J/02 J PILOT IN COMMAND ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL Joint cause
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 2030.
Source file
NTSB_1974_3_2030.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
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