NTSB CAROL · Event
Event LAX77FUD06
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
CESSNA 310 · N5403A
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
B1
Operator type
D
Airport
COMPTON
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
070° / 5 kt
Temp
60° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000035603
Total time
3,363 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
522
Age
40
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
L,SEVERED TIPTANK.FIRE RESULTED
Investigator remarks
LOSS OF CNTL ALLOWED WG TIPTANK TO HIT BLOCK WAL
Cause factors
- 64/A/79 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/J/21 J PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS Joint cause
- 64/J/08 J PILOT IN COMMAND DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF 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 1262.
Source file
NTSB_1977_3_1262.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
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