NTSB CAROL · Event
Event LAX81FVW02
Registry · N14117
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
EMBRAER EMB-145XR
Year of manufacture
2002
Engine
ROLLS-ROYC AE3007 SER
Seats / Engines
55 seats · 2 engines
Last airworthiness date
20050225
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A0A902
Registrant of record
UNITED AIRLINES 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
FOKKER DR1 · N14117
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D7
Operator type
D
Airport
SKY HARBOR
Kind of flying
DF
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Temp
71° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
0000000AA101
Total time
145 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
10,000
Age
56
Investigator remarks
MOCK AERIAL DOGFIGHT.
Cause factors
- 64/C/27 C PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING Cause
- 84/C/1 C MISCELLANEOUS VORTEX TURBULENCE 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 3013.
Source file
NTSB_1980_3_3013.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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