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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX79IA078

1979-09-07 PEACH SPRINGS, Arizona, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N3000B

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 3000

Year of manufacture

2004

Engine

P&W CANADA PT6A-68 (1250 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20250516

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A321AC

Registrant of record

TEXTRON AVIATION INC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N3000B Cessna TU206C 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 TU206C · N3000B

Damage

None

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

C

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

E

Kind of flying

CI

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

00TU206-1077

Total time

2,979 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

1,247

Age

23

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

NJESTED BY TURBOCHARGER.

Investigator remarks

ALTERNATE AIR DOOR STRIKER PLAT(PN 125093G-1) I

Cause factors

74/A/CL A
POWERPLANT RAM AIR ASSEMBLY Cause — pilot/personnel action
88/A/95 A
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause — pilot/personnel action
74/A/G8 A
POWERPLANT EXTERNAL SUPERCHARGER Cause — pilot/personnel action
74/A/KC A
POWERPLANT FOREIGN OBJECT DAMAGE Cause — pilot/personnel action

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 5 0039. Source file NTSB_1979_5_0039.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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