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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX75FUJ02

1974-07-04 BENSON, Arizona, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N2235G Cessna 182A 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

CESSNA 182A · N2235G

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — level (EA)

Operator type

D

Airport

BENSON

Kind of flying

DG

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Temp

100° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000051535

Total time

1,553 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

188

Age

33

Investigator remarks

LND IN BRUSH. LINT FOUND IN CARB SCREEN.

Cause factors

74/C/CE C
POWERPLANT FILTERS,STRAINERS,SCREENS Cause
88/C/64 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL CONTAMINATION-EXCLUSIVE OF WATER IN FUEL Cause
84/C/G C
MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS Cause
88/C/96 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION Cause
83/K/F K
TERRAIN ROUGH/UNEVEN Joint factor
88/K/94 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Joint factor

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 2031. Source file NTSB_1974_3_2031.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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