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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX80DVA20

1980-03-04 MADERA, California, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N82116

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-18-150

Year of manufacture

1978 · 2 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19780616

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AB372C

Registrant of record

BENNETT LYNN

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N82116 Piper PA-18 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

PIPER PA-18 · N82116

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

D

Airport

MADERA MUNI

Kind of flying

A3

Weather at impact

Sky

SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET

Wind

270° / 15 kt

Temp

64° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0018-7809131

Total time

136 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

63

Age

69

Investigator remarks

PILOT REPORTED GUSTY WINDS 15KTS.

Cause factors

64/C/22 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS Cause
82/L/H L
WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS
88/K/94 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE 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 0464. Source file NTSB_1980_3_0464.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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