NTSB CAROL · Event
Event LAX75AL048
Registry · N711LZ
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CESSNA 560XL
Year of manufacture
2006
Engine
P&W CANADA PW545B
Seats / Engines
13 seats · 2 engines
Last airworthiness date
20060103
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A980D6
Registrant of record
BG22 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
AERO COMDR 500S · N711LZ
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
D1
Operator type
Business
Kind of flying
B3
Weather at impact
Sky
OBSCURATION
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000001846
Total time
694 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
9,000
Age
53
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
2/75.
Investigator remarks
ADVSD VFR FLT NOT RECOMMENDED. RECOVERY DATE 3/1
Cause factors
- 64/A/04 A PILOT IN COMMAND CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/27 A PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/J/29 J PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Joint cause
- 82/J/A J WEATHER LOW CEILING Joint cause
- 82/J/B J WEATHER RAIN Joint cause
- 83/J/I J TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS 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 1119.
Source file
NTSB_1975_3_1119.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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