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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX75DVA32

1974-10-18 SHAFTER, California, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N53406

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

BOEING A75L300

Year of manufacture

1941 · 33 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING R680E3B (300 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20110906

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A6C1C0

Registrant of record

BARBER STEVEN

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N53406 Boeing IB75A None

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

BOEING IB75A · N53406

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

E

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)

Airport

SHAFTER

Kind of flying

CB

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

330° / 5 kt

Temp

85° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

00000075-572

Total time

8,911 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

5,110

Age

38

Investigator remarks

LND NEXT TO UNLTD RWY & HIT HOLE.

Cause factors

64/A/35 A
PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN Cause — pilot/personnel action
80/J/BY J
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES OTHER Joint cause
88/J/13 J
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS NOT ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY/INTENDED LANDING AREA 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 3183. Source file NTSB_1974_3_3183.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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