NTSB CAROL · Event
Event LAX77DUQ08
Registry · N62965
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
BELLANCA 7ACA
TCDS
A-759 · AMERICAN CHAMPION AIRCRAFT CORP
Engine
FRANKLIN 2A4 SERIES (49 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19720530
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A83AF4
Registrant of record
MCKENNA DAVID M
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
CHAMPION 7ACA · N62965
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
D
Airport
WHITEMAN AIRPARK
Kind of flying
B1
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Temp
63° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000053-72
Total time
385 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
264
Age
27
Investigator remarks
2 PLUGS FOULED.
Cause factors
- 74/C/BC C POWERPLANT SPARK PLUG Cause
- 88/C/AR C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS CARBON DEPOSITS 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 3266.
Source file
NTSB_1976_3_3266.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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