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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX80DUJ44

1980-03-21 TUCSON, Arizona, United States Serious 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N40708

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

SIXCHUTER SPIRIT

Year of manufacture

2001

Engine

ROTAX 582SER (65 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20070331

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A4C91B

Registrant of record

DENNING ROBERT D

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N40708 BLN WORKS FF-7 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

BLN WORKS FF-7 · N40708

Damage

None

Craft type

D

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

C8

Operator type

D

Airport

ATHLETIC FIELD

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

260° / 9 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000010061

Total time

41 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

87

Age

27

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

BRK-PAX'S SUNGLASSES,PAX NOT IN UPRGT PSN.

Investigator remarks

DRG TETHER LAUNCH,QUICK RLS BUCKLE SNAPPED BACK,

Cause factors

64/A/20 A
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. Cause — pilot/personnel action
68/A/K4 A
PERSONNEL PASSENGER 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 3 3520. Source file NTSB_1980_3_3520.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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