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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event UNK64X1260

1964-04-11 LAGUNA BEACH, California, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N50013

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

AIR TRACTOR INC AT-401B

TCDS

A17SW · AIR TRACTOR INC

Engine

P&W R1340 SERIES (600 hp)

Seats / Engines

1 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19960903

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A63C87

Registrant of record

GEORGESON TROY D

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N50013 Fairchild M62A Minor

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

FAIRCHILD M62A · N50013

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

D

Kind of flying

B0

Aircraft history

Total time

1,586 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

I9 (I9)

Total hours

4,100

Age

277

Investigator remarks

AIRCRAFT NOT RECOVERED.

Cause factors

74/C/KA C
POWERPLANT POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS Cause
88/L/88 L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER
64/3/21 3
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS Subordinate · 3
88/3/72 3
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ICE-CARBURETOR Subordinate · 3

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 0888. Source file NTSB_1964_3_0888.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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