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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX80DVA65

1980-08-30 COALINGA, California, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

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 152 · N69150

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D2

Operator type

Part 91 (general aviation)

Airport

COALINGA MUNI

Kind of flying

A1

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000015282515

Total time

1,154 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

51

Age

54

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

G TO RETURN TO DEP ARPT.

Investigator remarks

ENCTRD FOG NR ENROUTE ARPT,INSUFFICIENT FUEL RMN

Cause factors

  • 64/C/29 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
  • 64/C/32 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL Cause
  • 88/C/63 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL EXHAUSTION Cause
  • 82/L/C L
    WEATHER FOG
  • 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 2141. Source file NTSB_1980_3_2141.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.