Skip to content

LAX80DXQ29

1980-06-08 · IMLAY, Nevada, United States · Minor · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Current FAA registration · N748V

Make / Model
FLEET 2
Year of manufacture
1930 · 50 years old at event
Engine
KINNER R5 SERIES (160 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AA121D

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
FLEET 2 · N748V
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
DC
Operator type
D
Kind of flying
B2

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR
Wind
270° / 5 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000000333
Total time
816 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
343
Age
35

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

LOOKING FOR FAULT ZONE.

Investigator remarks

WIND GUSTS TO 25KTS.CIRCLING REMOTE MINING AREA

Cause factors

  • 64/A/16 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/A/08 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 82/J/M J
    WEATHER DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS Joint cause

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 1511. Source file NTSB_1980_3_1511.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

Search this event elsewhere

External sources are reported, not agency: signal that something happened, not fact about what happened.