NTSB CAROL · Event
Event LAX76FNK13
Registry · N9RS
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
PILATUS AIRCRAFT LTD PC-12/47E
Year of manufacture
2011
Engine
P&W CANADA PT6A-67P (1272 hp)
Seats / Engines
11 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20200604
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AC6C02
Registrant of record
N9RS HOLDINGS 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 SIS · N9RS
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Night
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D7
Operator type
D
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
160° / 5 kt
Temp
71° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
00000000024P
Total time
412 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
9,000
Age
41
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
RECENTLY PURCHASED ACFT, UN TO RECOVER FM SPIN.
Investigator remarks
PILOT FAILED TO USE PARACHUTE IN SUFFICENT TIME.
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
- 64/J/31 J PILOT IN COMMAND LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT 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 3249.
Source file
NTSB_1976_3_3249.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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