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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX79FVG80

1979-09-29 REDDING, California, United States Serious 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N5160Y

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA T182T

Year of manufacture

2002

TCDS

3A13 · TEXTRON AVIATION INC

Engine

LYCOMING TI0-540 SER (310 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20020207

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A67A28

Registrant of record

FLORANCE PLLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N5160Y Piper PA-23 Serious

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

PIPER PA-23 · N5160Y

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EJ

Operator type

D

Airport

ENTERPRISE SKY PK

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

80° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000027-2200

Total time

2,284 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

1,500

Age

48

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

D-INSUFFICIENT PWR TO CLEAR PWR LINE W ONE ENG.

Investigator remarks

THROTTLE LINKAGE SEPARATED DRG GO-ARND.PLT STATE

Cause factors

74/C/I0 C
POWERPLANT THROTTLE-POWER LEVER ASSEMBLIES Cause
88/C/BM C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DISCONNECTED Cause
83/K/I K
TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS Joint factor

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 2638. Source file NTSB_1979_3_2638.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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