NTSB CAROL · Event
Event LAX81FA133
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
CESSNA 152 · N714XS
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
DC
Operator type
D
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
OVERCAST
Aircraft history
Serial number
000015279519
Total time
782 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
436
Age
56
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
OMPASS DRY,HAD BEEN LEAKING.
Investigator remarks
PARTIAL WX BRIEFING BY SAN DIEGO ATC.PLT RPRTD C
Cause factors
- 64/A/29 A PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/01 A PILOT IN COMMAND ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/04 A PILOT IN COMMAND CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/03 A PILOT IN COMMAND BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/66 A PILOT IN COMMAND SPATIAL DISORIENTATION Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 76/J/AH J INSTRUMENTS/EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES COMPASS Joint cause
- 88/J/AJ J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS LEAK/LEAKAGE Joint cause
- 82/J/A J WEATHER LOW CEILING 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 2400.
Source file
NTSB_1981_3_2400.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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