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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX80DVD10

1980-02-05 OAKLAND, California, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N54907

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

RYAN AERONAUTICAL ST3KR

Engine

KINNER R5 SERIES (160 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19551021

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A6FBD3

Registrant of record

DUNN EMET C

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N54907 Ryan PT-22 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

RYAN PT-22 · N54907

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

D

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Wind

290° / 9 kt

Temp

61° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000002085

Total time

1,980 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

DA (DA)

Total hours

19,791

Age

51

Investigator remarks

ELECTED TO LAND ON GOLF COURSE.

Cause factors

74/C/AB C
POWERPLANT CRANKSHAFT Cause
88/C/36 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FATIGUE FRACTURE Cause
88/B/DF B
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS INTENTIONAL GROUND-WATER-LOOP-SWERVE
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 1409. Source file NTSB_1980_3_1409.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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