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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX70D0004

1969-06-06 CALIPATRIA, California, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N8083V

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-28-236

Year of manufacture

1979

Engine

LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES (250 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19790823

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AB026A

Registrant of record

MORRIS ALLYN D

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N8083V Cessna A188 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

CESSNA A188 · N8083V

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)

Airport

CALIPATRIA

Kind of flying

CB

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Total time

86 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

5,123

Age

30

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

OATED WITH LEAD DEPOSIT.T/O TO DUST CANTALOUPES.

Investigator remarks

ALL SPARK PLUG ELECTRODES AND CENTER INSULATOR C

Cause factors

68/C/D6 C
PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause
74/C/BC C
POWERPLANT SPARK PLUG Cause
64/B/16 B
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED

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 1708. Source file NTSB_1969_3_1708.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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