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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX80DVA19

1980-02-28 MADERA, California, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N56833

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

BOEING A75N1(PT17)

Engine

CONT MOTOR R670-SERIES (225 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19570314

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A7477F

Registrant of record

HOFFRAGE MICHAEL

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N56833 Boeing A75 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

BOEING A75 · N56833

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)

Airport

AG STRIP

Kind of flying

CB

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

315° / 4 kt

Temp

65° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000753961

Total time

5,211 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

3,250

Age

36

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

W SMALL DIRT BANK OF EDGE OF RWY.WND GSTG 7KTS.

Investigator remarks

ENCOUNTERED WND GUST DRG LNDG ON NARROW AG STRIP

Cause factors

64/C/28 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS Cause
64/C/79 C
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause
82/L/H L
WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS
88/L/AQ L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DOWNWIND
80/K/BY K
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES OTHER Joint factor

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 0290. Source file NTSB_1980_3_0290.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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