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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX75AL061

1975-05-11 MESA, Arizona, United States Fatal 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N45516 Lockheed 1049H Fatal

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

LOCKHEED 1049H · N45516

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)

Airport

FALCON FIELD

Kind of flying

DD

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

280° / 12 kt

Temp

98° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000004840

Total time

20,232 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

DA (DA)

Total hours

12,300

Age

38

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

HIT TREES & PLAYHOUSE LDG IN DESERT.

Investigator remarks

RAN OUT OF ADI FLUID, ALL ENGS DMGD INTERNALLY.

Cause factors

64/C/29 C
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
64/C/30 C
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT Cause
74/C/AY C
POWERPLANT OTHER Cause
74/C/KE C
POWERPLANT DETONATION Cause
83/B/I B
TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS
88/L/CI L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERHEATED

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 1718. Source file NTSB_1975_3_1718.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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