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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX80DUM19

1980-05-06 CARLSBAD, California, United States Serious 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N8445C

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

AERO COMMANDER 680-E

Year of manufacture

1959 · 21 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING GSO&IGSO-480 (340 hp)

Seats / Engines

7 seats · 2 engines

Last airworthiness date

19590724

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AB91BF

Registrant of record

MADDOX JODY S

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N8445C AERO COMDR 680 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

AERO COMDR 680 · N8445C

Damage

None

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

IMC

Phase of flight

A1

Operator type

Business

Airport

PALOMAR

Kind of flying

B3

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000777-49

Total time

6,080 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

2,224

Age

29

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

NG SHUT DOWN.PAX WALKED INTO APPROACHING SIDE PROP

Investigator remarks

ACFT PARKED W DOOR AWAY FRM TERMINAL,WITH THAT E

Cause factors

64/A/33 A
PILOT IN COMMAND EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT 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 0478. Source file NTSB_1980_3_0478.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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