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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX80FA034

1980-01-13 SANTA BARBARA, California, United States Fatal 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N73173 Cessna T207A Fatal

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 T207A · N73173

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D3

Operator type

D

Airport

SANTA BARBARA

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Temp

61° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000020700566

Total time

34 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

GA (GA)

Total hours

7,600

Age

56

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

H WD-40.ADZD ATC ENROUTE NO GYRO.ACFT NOT RCVRD.

Investigator remarks

ARTIFICIAL HORIZON MALF PRIOR TO DEP.SPRAYED WIT

Cause factors

64/A/01 A
PILOT IN COMMAND ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT Cause — pilot/personnel action
64/A/66 A
PILOT IN COMMAND SPATIAL DISORIENTATION Cause — pilot/personnel action
68/J/G0 J
PERSONNEL FAILURE OR DELAY IN INITIATING EMERGENCY PROCEDURES Joint cause
76/J/AD J
INSTRUMENTS/EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES ATTITUDE GYRO Joint cause
88/J/BR J
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ERRATIC Joint cause
82/J/A J
WEATHER LOW CEILING Joint cause
88/J/88 J
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER Joint cause

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 2830. Source file NTSB_1980_3_2830.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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