NTSB CAROL · Event
Event LAX81DUJ76
Registry · N8937Q
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
BOEING 737-8
Year of manufacture
2024
TCDS
A16WE · THE BOEING CO
Engine
CFM INTL LEAP-1B28 SER
Seats / Engines
175 seats · 2 engines
Last airworthiness date
20241230
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AC53D5
Registrant of record
SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO
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
AYRES S2R · N8937Q
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)
Airport
PALOMA FARM
Kind of flying
CB
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Serial number
00000002447R
Total time
1,809 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
14,000
Age
64
Cause factors
- 74/C/KA C POWERPLANT POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS Cause
- 83/K/F K TERRAIN ROUGH/UNEVEN Joint factor
- 88/K/94 K MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE 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 3687.
Source file
NTSB_1981_3_3687.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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