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LAX75FUD01

1974-07-08 · HAWTHORNE, California, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Current FAA registration · N17659

Make / Model
SPARTAN 7W
Engine
P&W R-985 SERIES (450 hp)
Seats / Engines
5 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19550705
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A132A0

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
SPARTAN 7W · N17659
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
D
Airport
HAWTHORNE
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Wind
180° / 10 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number
7W22
Total time
5,030 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
30,502
Age
61

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

E.

Investigator remarks

PILOT LEFT RAG IN ENG COWL WHCH ENTRD CARB INTAK

Cause factors

  • 64/A/29 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 74/C/CL C
    POWERPLANT RAM AIR ASSEMBLY Cause
  • 88/C/CF C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OBSTRUCTED Cause
  • 84/C/G C
    MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS Cause

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 1763. Source file NTSB_1974_3_1763.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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