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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX81FA105

1981-07-18 CALIFORNIA VLY, California, United States Fatal 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N7475C

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

NORTH AMERICAN AT-6F

Engine

P&W R1340 SERIES (600 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19650715

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AA0F95

Registrant of record

NELSON FLYERS INC

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

N AMERICAN AT-6 · N7475C

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

DC

Operator type

D

Kind of flying

B1

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

85° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000044-82027

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

360

Age

53

Investigator remarks

FLT OF 8 AT-6'S CONDUCTING TRAINING MISSION.

Cause factors

  • 64/A/16 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED 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 2395. Source file NTSB_1981_3_2395.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.