NTSB CAROL · Event
Event LAX80DUG45
Registry · N47DF
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
REPUBLIC P-47D
Year of manufacture
1944 · 36 years old at event
Engine
P & W R-2800 SERIES (2000 hp)
Seats / Engines
1 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19860718
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A5BF12
Registrant of record
WOJCIAK ALAN J
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
REPUBLIC P47D · N47DF
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
D
Airport
BARSTOW-DAGGETT
Kind of flying
DD
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
230° / 10 kt
Temp
90° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000039955924
Total time
1,664 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
3,248
Age
57
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
ING PAST 1600RPM.APPLIED FULL PWR HALFWAY DN RWY.
Investigator remarks
FULL PWR RUNUP NOT COMPLETED DUE BRAKES NOT HOLD
Cause factors
- 64/A/29 A PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/21 A PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/81 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF 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 1470.
Source file
NTSB_1980_3_1470.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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