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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event ATL81FIG02

1980-11-08 LAYTONSVILLE, Maryland, United States Serious 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N8034H

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

HOELTING A G/ADAMS C V HOELTING ADAMS HATZ

Year of manufacture

2004

Engine

LYCOMING 0-290 SERIES (140 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20040902

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AAEFEE

Registrant of record

ADAMS CHARLES V

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N8034H Aerosport Quail Serious

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

AEROSPORT QUAIL · N8034H

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

D

Airport

DAVIS

Kind of flying

DB

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

300° / 15 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000156

Total time

10 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

1,550

Age

58

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

M FUEL TANK POST-ACDT.HEAD GASKETS LEAKING.

Investigator remarks

HOMEBUILT WITH UNCERT ENG.CUP OF WATER DRAINED F

Cause factors

64/C/29 C
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
88/C/87 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS WATER IN FUEL Cause
74/L/DI L
POWERPLANT SEALS AND GASKETS
88/L/AJ L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS LEAK/LEAKAGE
83/K/I K
TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS 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 3061. Source file NTSB_1980_3_3061.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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