NTSB CAROL · Event
Event LAX77AA019
Registry · N12MK
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CESSNA 421C
Seats / Engines
8 seats · 2 engines
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A05276
Registrant of record
INDUS HEALTH INC
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
LEAR JET 24B · N12MK
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Night
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D0
Operator type
E
Kind of flying
CI
Weather at impact
Sky
BROKEN
Temp
44° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000192
Total time
4,743 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
GA (GA)
Total hours
4,150
Age
36
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
CONTROLLER FAILED TO DETECT DEVIATION FRM ROUTE.
Investigator remarks
CREW MISINTERPRETED IFR CLNC & ATC INSTRUCTIONS.
Cause factors
- 64/A/56 A PILOT IN COMMAND MISUNDERSTANDING OF ORDERS OR INSTRUCTIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 68/J/G9 J PERSONNEL OTHER 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 0967.
Source file
NTSB_1977_3_0967.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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