NTSB CAROL · Event
Event LAX78FA031
Registry · N6143X
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
ROTORWAY INTL EXEC 162F
Year of manufacture
2001
Engine
AMA/EXPR UNKNOWN ENG
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20010519
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A80071
Registrant of record
BURKHEAD DANNY D
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
AERO COMDR 500A · N6143X
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
D2
Operator type
E
Kind of flying
CI
Weather at impact
Sky
OVERCAST/LOWER SCATTERED
Wind
110° / 11 kt
Temp
61° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000931-26
Total time
5,241 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
17,770
Age
48
Cause factors
- 64/A/04 A PILOT IN COMMAND CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 82/J/A J WEATHER LOW CEILING 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 1161.
Source file
NTSB_1978_3_1161.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
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