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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX76FUD02

1975-08-06 COMPTON, California, United States Serious 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N9074D

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

ROBINSON HELICOPTER R22

Year of manufacture

1981

TCDS

H10WE · ROBINSON HELICOPTER CO

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19811125

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AC8C15

Registrant of record

HILL RUSSELL DBA

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N9074D Piper PA-18 Serious

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

PIPER PA-18 · N9074D

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — level (EA)

Operator type

D

Airport

COMPTON CITY

Kind of flying

A0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

230° / 10 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000018-6440

Total time

7,089 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

2,090

Age

23

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ED FRM TOP HALF OF CARB. HAD TO LND IN CITY ST.

Investigator remarks

THROTTLE LINKAGE BENT WHEN THROTTLE BODY SEPARAT

Cause factors

74/C/CG C
POWERPLANT CARBURETOR Cause
74/C/I0 C
POWERPLANT THROTTLE-POWER LEVER ASSEMBLIES Cause
88/C/95 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause
88/C/96 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION Cause
83/K/Y K
TERRAIN OTHER 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 2776. Source file NTSB_1975_3_2776.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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