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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX80DVD01

1979-11-11 SANTA ROSA, California, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N67708

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 152

Year of manufacture

1978 · 1 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES (115 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19780516

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A8F832

Registrant of record

PISCHEL TOM K

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

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 · N67708

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EB

Operator type

D

Airport

SONOMA CO

Kind of flying

A3

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

220° / 5 kt

Temp

50° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000015281974

Total time

839 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

31

Age

36

Investigator remarks

MADE FORCED LNG IN GRAPE VINEYARD AT NGT.

Cause factors

  • 64/C/03 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED Cause
  • 88/C/63 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL EXHAUSTION Cause
  • 83/K/Y K
    TERRAIN OTHER 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 3743. Source file NTSB_1979_3_3743.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.