NTSB CAROL · Event
Event LAX80DUA17
Registry · N1043C
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
NORTH AMERICAN SNJ-5
Year of manufacture
1938 · 42 years old at event
Engine
P&W R1340 SERIES (600 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19581201
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A01654
Registrant of record
TIGERS AVIATION LLC
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
N AMERICAN SNJ-5 · N1043C
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
D
Airport
LONG BEACH
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
250° / 6 kt
Temp
85° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000088-15726
Total time
5,002 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
1,500
Age
32
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
NOT SEATING DUE TO DIRT OR RUST.
Investigator remarks
FUEL PUMP,P/N TF900-3 S/N TF175284W,RELIEF VALVE
Cause factors
- 74/A/CH A POWERPLANT PUMPS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/CF A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OBSTRUCTED Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/CM A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS PRESSURE,NONE 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 3006.
Source file
NTSB_1980_3_3006.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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