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LAX77DUQ08

1976-11-13 · PACOIMA, California, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Current FAA registration · N62965

Make / Model
BELLANCA 7ACA
Engine
FRANKLIN 2A4 SERIES (49 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19720530
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A83AF4

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

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).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 3266. Source file NTSB_1976_3_3266.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.