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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX76DUJ04

1975-08-01 PARKER, Arizona, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N9687 Grumman G-164A Minor

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

GRUMMAN G-164A · N9687

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

DH

Operator type

Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)

Kind of flying

CA

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

270° / 2 kt

Temp

85° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000001218

Total time

252 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

12,000

Age

45

Investigator remarks

SUPERCHARGER BEARINGS & GR TRAIN FAILED.

Cause factors

74/C/AY C
POWERPLANT OTHER Cause
88/C/95 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause
83/B/F B
TERRAIN ROUGH/UNEVEN

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 2349. Source file NTSB_1975_3_2349.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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