NTSB CAROL · Event
Event LAX80DVD05
Registry · N5085B
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CESSNA 152
Year of manufacture
1979 · 0 years old at event
Engine
LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES (115 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19790815
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A65AB1
Registrant of record
ACCELERATED AVIATION INSTRUCTION LLC
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 · N5085B
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
Personal/private
Airport
SANTA ROSA AIR CN
Kind of flying
A0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Serial number
000015283739
Total time
110 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
1,582
Age
34
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
FRESHLY MOWED GRASS NEXT TO RWY,ENCTRD SOFT TRRN.
Investigator remarks
DRG NGT LNDG ON RWY WO LGTS,STUDENT PLT LNDD ON
Cause factors
- 66/A/35 A DUAL STUDENT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/30 A PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 83/J/A J TERRAIN WET,SOFT GROUND Joint cause
- 88/J/13 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS NOT ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY/INTENDED LANDING AREA Joint cause
- 88/J/94 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE 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 3742.
Source file
NTSB_1979_3_3742.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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