NTSB CAROL · Event
Event LAX75FUQ44
Registry · N12DK
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
BEECH 95-C55
Year of manufacture
1967 · 7 years old at event
Engine
CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES (285 hp)
Seats / Engines
6 seats · 2 engines
Last airworthiness date
19670103
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A051AE
Registrant of record
TIM CROSS AVIATION LLC
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
PITTS SPCL S-1 · N12DK
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D1
Operator type
D
Airport
MOJAVE KERN CTY
Kind of flying
DB
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
270° / 5 kt
Temp
95° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000002714
Total time
2 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
730
Age
27
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
ND HARD.
Investigator remarks
IMPROPER FUEL TANK VENTING.PLT UNDERSHOT FLD & L
Cause factors
- 68/C/J6 C PERSONNEL OTHER Cause
- 74/C/CJ C POWERPLANT VENTS,DRAINS,TANK CAPS Cause
- 88/C/CB C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPERLY INSTALLED Cause
- 88/C/96 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION Cause
- 64/B/25 B PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER LEVEL OFF
- 64/K/48 K PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE 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 3315.
Source file
NTSB_1974_3_3315.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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