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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW80FRD25

1980-04-25 LAKE ARTHUR, Louisiana, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N8369

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

WACO ASO

Seats / Engines

3 seats · 1 engine

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AB7237

Registrant of record

HIRTLE ALAN L

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N8369 Grumman G-164A None

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

GRUMMAN G-164A · N8369

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D0

Operator type

Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)

Airport

TEALS

Kind of flying

DD

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

360° / 3 kt

Temp

70° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000864

Total time

2,950 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

1,442

Age

25

Investigator remarks

EXHAUST VALVE COVER OIL LEAK

Cause factors

74/C/DA C
POWERPLANT TANKS Cause
88/C/AJ C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS LEAK/LEAKAGE Cause
64/B/45 B
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,AND ALTITUDE
88/K/45 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS WINDSHIELD,DIRTY,FOGGY,ETC.-RESTRICTED VISION 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 0497. Source file NTSB_1980_3_0497.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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