NTSB CAROL · Event
Event LAX77FUM25
Registry · N87589
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
UNITED CONSULTANTS UC-1
Engine
LYCOMING I0360 SER (180 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 2 engines
Last airworthiness date
19681106
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AC0C7B
Registrant of record
JOHANSON JASON
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
UNITED CONS UC-1 · N87589
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D0
Operator type
Business
Airport
BROWN FIELD
Kind of flying
B2
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
280° / 9 kt
Temp
65° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
00000UC1R158
Total time
1,269 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
1,385
Age
55
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
APS DOWN. UN MAINTAIN FLT.
Investigator remarks
BOOST PUMP QUIT. PLT FEATH PROP,BUT LEFT GR & FL
Cause factors
- 74/C/CH C POWERPLANT PUMPS Cause
- 88/C/95 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause
- 88/C/96 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION Cause
- 64/B/20 B PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC.
- 88/B/07 B MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES
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 0681.
Source file
NTSB_1977_3_0681.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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