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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX79DVA01

1978-10-06 BAKERSFIELD, California, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N53095

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

LOCKHEED P-38L

Year of manufacture

1944 · 34 years old at event

Engine

ALLISON V1710 SER (1500 hp)

Seats / Engines

1 seats · 2 engines

Last airworthiness date

20100624

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A6B41E

Registrant of record

SOMERS CHARLES MICHAEL

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N53095 Boeing A75N 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

BOEING A75N · N53095

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

C0

Operator type

Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)

Airport

DUSTER STRIP

Kind of flying

CB

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

82° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000075-3043

Total time

1,473 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

9,500

Age

41

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

.

Investigator remarks

PROPELLER BLADE FAILED,WESTERN REPAIR MODEL W2-1

Cause factors

74/C/FA C
POWERPLANT BLADES Cause
88/C/95 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE 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 2737. Source file NTSB_1978_3_2737.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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