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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX74FUQ20

1973-11-21 BURBANK, California, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N5058C

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

BELLANCA 7GCBC

Year of manufacture

1979

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19790720

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A64FF6

Registrant of record

PIERCE RICHARD C

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

BEECH A35 · N5058C

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

B2

Operator type

D

Airport

HOLLYWOOD-BURBANK

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000D-2320

Total time

4,123 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

IA (IA)

Total hours

4,300

Age

41

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

TLE. ACFT HIT TRUCK & BLDG.PLT UNCERTIFICATED.

Investigator remarks

PLT DEPLANED,PAX ABD,ENG IDLE.PAX KNEE HIT THROT

Cause factors

  • 64/A/20 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/A/33 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/A/74 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND LEFT AIRCRAFT UNATTENDED, ENGINE RUNNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 68/J/K4 J
    PERSONNEL PASSENGER 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 3760. Source file NTSB_1973_3_3760.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.