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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX80DVA52

1980-07-10 SAN JOAQUIN, California, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N8569

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

WACO ATO

Seats / Engines

3 seats · 1 engine

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S ABC135

Registrant of record

HUMPHREYS RICHARD P

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N8569 AERO COMDR 600S2R Minor

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 600S2R · N8569

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)

Airport

AG STRIP

Kind of flying

CB

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

300° / 3 kt

Temp

75° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

00000001607R

Total time

4,840 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

3,235

Age

34

Investigator remarks

NO 9 CYL HEAD FAILED.

Cause factors

74/C/AD C
POWERPLANT CYLINDER ASSEMBLY Cause
88/C/95 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause
83/K/A K
TERRAIN WET,SOFT GROUND Joint factor
88/K/24 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS JETTISONED LOAD 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 1645. Source file NTSB_1980_3_1645.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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