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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX77FUM27

1977-04-14 BRAWLEY, California, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N44875 NAVAL FCTY N3N-3 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

NAVAL FCTY N3N-3 · N44875

Damage

Destroyed

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

VONDRAHAE STRIP

Kind of flying

CB

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

180° / 3 kt

Temp

65° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000003065

Total time

6,857 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

12,673

Age

40

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

T UN SEE DUE FLAMES & FUMES. DUSTING BEETS.

Investigator remarks

ABORTED DUE EXPLOSION IN HOPPER,SULPHUR LOAD. PL

Cause factors

68/C/D6 C
PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause
76/C/CA C
INSTRUMENTS/EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES SPRAY,DUSTING EQUIPMENT Cause
88/C/50 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FIRE IN CABIN,COCKPIT,BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT 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 0595. Source file NTSB_1977_3_0595.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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