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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX70F0195

1969-11-09 SANTA PAULA, California, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N1630

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 680A

Year of manufacture

2025

Engine

P&W CANADA PW306D1

Seats / Engines

10 seats · 2 engines

Last airworthiness date

20250925

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A0FF2B

Registrant of record

COX 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

TAILWIND W-8 · N1630

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

D

Airport

SANTA PAULA

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Wind

090° / 12 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000001

Total time

62 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

439

Age

62

Investigator remarks

PROP SEAL FAILED. COATED WINDSHIELD WITH OIL.

Cause factors

  • 74/C/FY C
    POWERPLANT OTHER Cause
  • 88/C/95 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause
  • 88/B/45 B
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS WINDSHIELD,DIRTY,FOGGY,ETC.-RESTRICTED VISION

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 4376. Source file NTSB_1969_3_4376.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.