NTSB CAROL · Event
Event LAX75FU537
Registry · N9TD
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
VAN'S AIRCRAFT RV-9
Year of manufacture
2004
Engine
AMA/EXPR UNKNOWN ENG
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20040124
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AC6C27
Registrant of record
MCNAMARA TIMOTHY D
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
DUCI SDWNDR · N9TD
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
D
Airport
GLENDALE MUNI
Kind of flying
DC
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
120° / 6 kt
Temp
90° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
00009-00TD-1
Total time
160 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
3,010
Age
36
Investigator remarks
PLT STATED A/S IND 20-25 MPH TOO FAST.
Cause factors
- 64/A/01 A PILOT IN COMMAND ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/24 A PILOT IN COMMAND PREMATURE LIFT-OFF Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 76/J/AB J INSTRUMENTS/EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES AIRSPEED 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 3772.
Source file
NTSB_1974_3_3772.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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