NTSB CAROL · Event
Event LAX74FUQ24
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
LAISTER LP-49 · N275LP
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
C
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
D
Kind of flying
B1
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Temp
60° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000015
Total time
21 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Airline transport
Total hours
36
Age
44
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
OT RCVRD.VARIOMETER.SBA TWR BRFNG.CNTR LINE GR.
Investigator remarks
LOST LIFT,LNDD ON ROCKY BCH.GLIDER WASHED ASEA,N
Cause factors
- 64/A/27 A PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/35 A PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 82/J/Y J WEATHER OTHER Joint cause
- 83/J/F J TERRAIN ROUGH/UNEVEN Joint cause
- 76/J/AY J INSTRUMENTS/EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES OTHER Joint cause
- 88/J/BR J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ERRATIC 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 4008.
Source file
NTSB_1973_3_4008.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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