NTSB CAROL · Event
Event LAX80DVA58
Aircraft involved
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
CESSNA 421B · N69864
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
DC
Operator type
Business
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
OVERCAST
Temp
32° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
0000421B0511
Total time
826 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
1,375
Age
48
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
W AUTOPLT ON.ACFT ENTERED UNUSUAL ATTITUDE.
Investigator remarks
PLT RPRTD LGT RIME ICG CONDS & SVR TURBC IN CLDS
Cause factors
- 64/A/23 A PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/09 A PILOT IN COMMAND EXCEEDED DESIGNED STRESS LIMITS OF AIRCRAFT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 82/J/F J WEATHER ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. Joint cause
- 82/J/L J WEATHER TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS Joint cause
- 88/J/74 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS AIRFRAME ICE Joint cause
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 2148.
Source file
NTSB_1980_3_2148.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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