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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX80DVG56

1980-07-18 GRASS VALLEY, California, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N8174M

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 172L

Year of manufacture

1972 · 8 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19720405

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AB264D

Registrant of record

FLIGHT TIME BUILDERS INC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N8174M Cessna 172L 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

CESSNA 172L · N8174M

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

NEVADA COUNTY

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

180° / 5 kt

Temp

80° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000017260574

Total time

3,919 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

125

Age

45

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

EROSION NEXT TO RWY.

Investigator remarks

X-WND GSTG 12KTS.ACFT DRIFTED OFF RWY.RUT FM WTR

Cause factors

64/C/28 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS Cause
82/L/H L
WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS
80/K/BY K
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES 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 1640. Source file NTSB_1980_3_1640.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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