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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX78DUJ57

1978-05-20 CAMP VERDE, Arizona, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N665C

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

NORTH AMERICAN SNJ-5C

Year of manufacture

1944 · 34 years old at event

Engine

P & W R-1340-AN-1 (550 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20220407

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A8C6FE

Registrant of record

FALLEY PATRICK R

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N665C Stinson 108-3 Minor

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

STINSON 108-3 · N665C

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

D

Airport

DIRT STRIP

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Wind

045° / 10 kt

Temp

60° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000108-3665

Total time

2,778 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

225

Age

37

Cause factors

64/A/51 A
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED SPEED AND CLEARANCE Cause — pilot/personnel action

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 1258. Source file NTSB_1978_3_1258.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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