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LAX80DVA42

1980-05-24 · FRESNO, California, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Current FAA registration · N1238V

Make / Model
FLEET FLEET 16B
Year of manufacture
1948 · 32 years old at event
Engine
KINNER B5 SERIES (125 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19651124
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A0625B

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
FLEET 16B · N1238V
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
D
Airport
FRESNO AIR TERMNL
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Wind
350° / 20 kt
Temp
65° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000000512
Total time
1,826 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
542
Age
68

Investigator remarks

PILOT REPORTED GUSTS OF UNKNOWN VELOCITY.

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

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 1490. Source file NTSB_1980_3_1490.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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