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LAX80DUG28

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

N37EZ has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (NUNN KENNETH E LONG-EZE, built 2003), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

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).

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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