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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX79DVA56

1979-08-07 MADERA, California, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N2083S

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA T210L

Engine

CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER (300 hp)

Seats / Engines

6 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19751216

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A1B28D

Registrant of record

DAVE SCHMAUDERER

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N2083S Cessna T210L 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 T210L · N2083S

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

HIDDEN LAKE RANCH

Kind of flying

B1

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

90° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000210-61049

Total time

784 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

22,932

Age

55

Investigator remarks

DEAD CELL IN BATTERY.ALTERNATOR BELT LOOSE.

Cause factors

64/A/39 A
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO ASSURE THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED Cause — pilot/personnel action
75/J/AA J
SYSTEMS BATTERIES Joint cause
88/J/95 J
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Joint cause
75/J/AC J
SYSTEMS GENERATORS/ALTERNATORS Joint cause
88/J/AV J
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS LOOSE,PART/FITTING Joint cause
88/J/03 J
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS CHECKLIST-FAILED TO USE Joint cause

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 1793. Source file NTSB_1979_3_1793.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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