NTSB CAROL · Event
Event LAX80DXQ40
Registry · N9QB
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
ESKILDSEN STEEN SKYBOLT
Year of manufacture
1975 · 5 years old at event
Engine
LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES (250 hp)
Seats / Engines
1 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19820514
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AC6BDA
Registrant of record
NORTHERN 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
PITTS S-1E · N9QB
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D1
Operator type
D
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
045° / 5 kt
Temp
70° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000SB3
Total time
8 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
2,300
Age
56
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
N.LOST FUEL PRES DRG FLT.CARB DIAPHRAMS DISTORTED.
Investigator remarks
SMALL FIRE,CARB AIRBOX BFR FLT.TKOF AFT VIS INSP
Cause factors
- 68/C/D6 C PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause
- 74/C/CG C POWERPLANT CARBURETOR Cause
- 88/C/AH C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS PREVIOUS DAMAGE Cause
- 88/C/BF C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS BURNED Cause
- 88/C/96 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION Cause
- 83/K/D K TERRAIN HIGH VEGETATION 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 2718.
Source file
NTSB_1980_3_2718.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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