NTSB CAROL · Event
Event LAX79FUQ37
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
PIPER PA-32 · N4106R
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
ED
Operator type
E
Airport
BURBANK
Kind of flying
CI
Weather at impact
Sky
SCATTERED-BELOW 1000 FEET
Wind
140° / 5 kt
Temp
64° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000003240425
Total time
7,924 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
2,100
Age
33
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
SHAFT DISABLING THE ENGINE.
Investigator remarks
BROKEN FLYWEIGHT WENT INTO DRIVING GEAR OF CRANK
Cause factors
- 74/C/BA C POWERPLANT MAGNETOS Cause
- 88/C/95 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause
- 83/K/I K TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS Joint factor
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 1052.
Source file
NTSB_1979_3_1052.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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