NTSB CAROL · Event
Event DCA79AA012
Registry · N418SA
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CESSNA 182Q
Year of manufacture
1979 · 0 years old at event
Engine
CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES (230 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19791215
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A4F369
Registrant of record
SUMMIT AVIATION 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
NORD-AVION 262 · N418SA
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Night
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
E
Airport
LOS ANGELES INTL
Kind of flying
CI
Weather at impact
Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Aircraft history
Serial number
Z
Total time
11,300 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
8,500
Age
43
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
ERED.L ENG SHUT DOWN.RESTART INFO NOT IN MANUAL.
Investigator remarks
LEAK OR BREAK IN R ENG PROP PRESS LINE,AUTOFEATH
Cause factors
- 74/C/ZY C POWERPLANT OTHER 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
- 68/L/J6 L PERSONNEL OTHER
- 88/K/88 K MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER 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 2479.
Source file
NTSB_1979_3_2479.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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