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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX80DUG28

1980-03-30 PALM SPRINGS, California, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N37EZ

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

NUNN KENNETH E LONG-EZE

Year of manufacture

2003

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20030516

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A431EE

Registrant of record

CAULKINS JOHN

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N37EZ VARIEZE 1 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

VARIEZE 1 · N37EZ

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D0

Operator type

D

Airport

PALM SPRINGS

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET

Wind

130° / 10 kt

Temp

80° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000001708

Total time

155 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

263

Age

62

Cause factors

64/C/21 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS Cause
88/C/02 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ANTI-ICING/DEICING EQUIPMENT-IMPROPER OPERATION OF/OR FAILED TO USE Cause
88/C/72 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ICE-CARBURETOR Cause
82/L/G L
WEATHER CONDITIONS CONDUCIVE TO CARB./INDUCTION SYSTEM ICING

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 0458. Source file NTSB_1980_3_0458.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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