NTSB CAROL · Event
Event LAX75FUQ27
Registry · N5603L
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
GREAT LAKES 2T-1A-2
Year of manufacture
1974 · 1 years old at event
Engine
LYCOMING I0360 SER (180 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19740927
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A729B6
Registrant of record
KUSHNIR BORYS G
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
GR LAKES 2T-1A2 · N5603L
Damage
Minor
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
Personal/private
Kind of flying
CY
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
250° / 5 kt
Temp
90° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000702
Total time
115 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
18,055
Age
46
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
IT CAMERA LENS,INJ CAMERA MAN.DENS ALT 6100FT.
Investigator remarks
TOOK OFF OVR ONCOMING CAR DRG MOVIE FILMING.GR H
Cause factors
- 64/A/54 A PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED CLEARANCE Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 68/J/K9 J PERSONNEL OTHER Joint cause
- 82/J/W J WEATHER HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE 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 1289.
Source file
NTSB_1975_3_1289.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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