NTSB CAROL · Event
Event LAX80FVG47
Registry · N6496
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
STEARMAN AIRCRAFT C3-B
Year of manufacture
1928 · 52 years old at event
Engine
CONT MOTOR W670 SERIES (250 hp)
Seats / Engines
3 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19831206
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A889D4
Registrant of record
WILLIAMS C M
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
BOEING C3-B · N6496
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
D
Airport
MEDLOCK FIELD
Kind of flying
DB
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
315° / 10 kt
Temp
61° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000207
Total time
2,153 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
1,364
Age
38
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
EN APPLIED. WND GUSTING TO 10KTS
Investigator remarks
PIC RPRTED R BRAKE LOCKED THEN L BRAKE LOCKED WH
Cause factors
- 64/A/28 A PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/22 A PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS 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 1461.
Source file
NTSB_1980_3_1461.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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