NTSB CAROL · Event
Event LAX69F0287
Registry · N146G
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CESSNA 680A
Year of manufacture
2022
Engine
P&W CANADA PW306D1
Seats / Engines
10 seats · 2 engines
Last airworthiness date
20220223
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A0B990
Registrant of record
GFO AVIATION LLC
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
FLUG-UNDFAH HBV · N146G
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
C
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D9
Operator type
D
Airport
TORREY PINES
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Total time
239 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
580
Age
39
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
ELEASED FROM TOW,HIT N1891 ON GROUND.SUBS DAMAGE.
Investigator remarks
PLT FAILED TO CONNECT ELEVATOR CONTROL ROD.PLT R
Cause factors
- 64/A/29 A PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 68/A/D5 A PERSONNEL INADEQUATE INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT (OWNER-PILOT) Cause — pilot/personnel action
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 0465.
Source file
NTSB_1969_3_0465.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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