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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX80DVA64

1980-08-23 BAKERSFIELD, California, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N148B

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

GULFSTREAM AEROSPACE GVI

Year of manufacture

2012

Engine

ROLLS DEUT BR700-725A112

Seats / Engines

22 seats · 2 engines

Last airworthiness date

20121209

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A0C081

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N148B Bell 47G 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

BELL 47G · N148B

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Balloon

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

C2

Operator type

Business

Airport

MOUNTAIN MEADOW

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

135° / 5 kt

Temp

70° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000078

Total time

4,776 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

1,229

Age

34

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

LUGS FAILED CK,LEAD DEPOSITS,ELECTRODES BURNED.

Investigator remarks

MAG CK-100RPM DIFFERENCE BFR TKOF.D/A 6000FT.8 P

Cause factors

64/C/29 C
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
74/C/BC C
POWERPLANT SPARK PLUG Cause
88/C/BQ C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS EXCESSIVE-WEAR/PLAY Cause
82/L/W L
WEATHER HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE
83/K/I K
TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS 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 1933. Source file NTSB_1980_3_1933.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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