NTSB CAROL · Event
Event LAX80FUJ15
Registry · N1040T
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
BEECH 95-A55
Year of manufacture
1962 · 17 years old at event
Engine
CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES (260 hp)
Seats / Engines
6 seats · 2 engines
Last airworthiness date
19620612
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A015FA
Registrant of record
TEN FORTY TANGO 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
BEECH 95-A55 · N1040T
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
D
Airport
SKY HARBOR
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Temp
72° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000TC-318
Total time
3,867 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
864
Age
30
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
TN SYSTEM NOT USED.
Investigator remarks
BEECH P/N96-38022 LDG GR MOTOR FAILED.EMER GR EX
Cause factors
- 64/A/39 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO ASSURE THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 70/A/CN A AIRFRAME SWITCHES,LEVERS,CRANKING MECHANISM,ETC. Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/95 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE 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 3732.
Source file
NTSB_1979_3_3732.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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