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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX75FUJ21

1974-08-17 MARANA, Arizona, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N5992J

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA A150L

Year of manufacture

1971 · 3 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR 0-200 SERIES (100 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19710917

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A7C17D

Registrant of record

LINBACK KEN R

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N5992J Cessna A150L 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 A150L · N5992J

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D2

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

AVRA VALLEY

Kind of flying

A0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

89° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

A1500292

Total time

2,597 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

GA (GA)

Total hours

8,172

Age

45

Investigator remarks

FUEL CELL VENT PLUGGED BY MUD DAUBER.

Cause factors

74/C/CJ C
POWERPLANT VENTS,DRAINS,TANK CAPS Cause
88/C/CF C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OBSTRUCTED Cause
84/C/G C
MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS Cause
88/C/96 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION Cause
83/B/F B
TERRAIN ROUGH/UNEVEN
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 2386. Source file NTSB_1974_3_2386.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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