NTSB CAROL · Event
Event LAX80FVM10
Registry · N700S
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
SOCATA TBM 700
Year of manufacture
2001
Engine
P&W PT6A SER (750 hp)
Seats / Engines
7 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20010511
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A9561E
Registrant of record
EXCITING 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
BEECH 65-90 · N700S
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
Business
Airport
PENINSULA
Kind of flying
B3
Weather at impact
Sky
OVERCAST/LOWER SCATTERED
Wind
120° / 15 kt
Aircraft history
Serial number
0000000LJ131
Total time
6,611 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
GA (GA)
Total hours
10,000
Age
35
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
CAME FROM ATIS.
Investigator remarks
WINDS GUSTING TO 40KNOTS.PILOTS ONLY WX BRIEFING
Cause factors
- 64/A/24 A PILOT IN COMMAND PREMATURE LIFT-OFF Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/16 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 82/J/I J WEATHER WIND SHEAR 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 3041.
Source file
NTSB_1979_3_3041.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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