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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX80DVG08

1979-12-01 COLUSA, California, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N2663A Piper PA-18 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

PIPER PA-18 · N2663A

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

DC

Operator type

D

Kind of flying

B4

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

360° / 5 kt

Temp

65° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000018-2177

Total time

1,770 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

434

Age

46

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ILE INSPECTING FENCES IN FOOT HILLS.

Investigator remarks

PLT STATED-COLLIDED W PWR LINE APRX 300FT AGL WH

Cause factors

64/A/15 A
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action

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 2896. Source file NTSB_1979_3_2896.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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