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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX77FUM04

1976-10-20 CALIPATRIA, California, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N9870Q AERO COMDR 600S2R None

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

AERO COMDR 600S2R · N9870Q

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)

Airport

VAIL

Kind of flying

CB

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

135° / 4 kt

Temp

65° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

00000001640R

Total time

1,572 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

1,776

Age

24

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

CUT OFF POSITION.

Investigator remarks

MIX CONTROL FOUND SET MORE THAN 1/2 TOWARDS IDLE

Cause factors

74/C/KA C
POWERPLANT POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS Cause
83/K/F K
TERRAIN ROUGH/UNEVEN Joint factor
88/K/94 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Joint factor
64/3/21 3
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS Subordinate · 3
88/3/96 3
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION Subordinate · 3

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 3074. Source file NTSB_1976_3_3074.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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