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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX80DVG12

1979-12-28 WOODLAND, California, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N87695

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CORBEN BABY ACE D

Year of manufacture

1963 · 16 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR A&C65 SERIES (65 hp)

Seats / Engines

1 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19670824

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AC1051

Registrant of record

BOLAN STEVE A

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N87695 Air Tractor AT-301 Minor

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

AIR TRACTOR AT-301 · N87695

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)

Airport

LAUGENHOUR AG STP

Kind of flying

CB

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Wind

360° / 6 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000301-0187

Total time

590 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

15,500

Age

46

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

DRAINED SUMPS PRIOR TO PREVIOUS FLT TO AG STRIP.

Investigator remarks

WATER FOUND IN FUEL SERVICE TANK AT AG STRIP.PLT

Cause factors

68/C/D8 C
PERSONNEL OTHER Cause
64/C/29 C
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
88/C/87 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS WATER IN FUEL Cause
83/K/A K
TERRAIN WET,SOFT GROUND 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 2894. Source file NTSB_1979_3_2894.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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