NTSB CAROL · Event
Event LAX76AL013
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
CESSNA 150L · N1383Q
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
DC
Operator type
D
Kind of flying
A3
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Serial number
000015072683
Total time
2,167 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Airline transport
Total hours
58
Age
55
Investigator remarks
STUDENT MANEUVERS FOR PRIVATE PLT CK RIDE.
Cause factors
- 64/A/16 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/23 A PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS Cause — pilot/personnel action
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 2211.
Source file
NTSB_1975_3_2211.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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