NTSB CAROL · Event
Event LAX80FUQ08
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
CULVER LCA · N41701
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EJ
Operator type
D
Airport
MOJAVE
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Wind
080° / 9 kt
Temp
53° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000410
Total time
697 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
1,178
Age
37
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
.276LBS OVER MAX G/W.
Investigator remarks
FOURTH FLT OF DAY ON SAME FUEL LOAD,EACH W 1 PAX
Cause factors
- 64/A/16 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/J/76 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G. Joint cause
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 0113.
Source file
NTSB_1980_3_0113.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
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- NASA NTRS 2019 · Presentation
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- NASA NTRS 2019 · Presentation
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