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LAX70F0195

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

N1630 has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (CESSNA 680A, built 2025), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

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).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 4376. Source file NTSB_1969_3_4376.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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