NTSB CAROL · Event
Event LAX81FUK01
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
AERO COMDR 500A · N6JB
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Night
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — level (EA)
Operator type
Personal/private
Airport
PULLIAM
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Temp
65° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000001260
Total time
2,800 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
1,653
Age
29
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
O 40 JET IN FUEL PUMP INSTEAD OF NO 46.D/A 9000FT.
Investigator remarks
L ENG SURGED,FAILED WHEN MIX SET FULL RICH.FND N
Cause factors
- 68/C/D6 C PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause
- 74/C/CH C POWERPLANT PUMPS Cause
- 88/C/46 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS WRONG PART Cause
- 64/B/20 B PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC.
- 88/B/07 B MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES
- 64/L/31 L PILOT IN COMMAND LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT
- 82/K/W K WEATHER HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE 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 2269.
Source file
NTSB_1981_3_2269.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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