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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX80FA098

1980-05-17 DAVIS, California, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N5907

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CIRRUS DESIGN SR22

Year of manufacture

2007

TCDS

A00009CH · CIRRUS DESIGN CORP

Engine

CONT MOTOR IO-550-N (310 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20070228

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A7A0B4

Registrant of record

SUMMIT AVIATION GROUP LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

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

CONSOLIDATE PBY-5 · N5907

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

Z

Airport

YOLO COUNTY

Kind of flying

A2

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

340° / 12 kt

Temp

85° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000417

Total time

3,071 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

DA (DA)

Total hours

9,444

Age

48

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

SUPERCHARGER BLOWER WIRED HI PSN.

Investigator remarks

EVID OF HEAT ADJ TO NR1 CYL.PUMP BUSHING FAILED.

Cause factors

  • 84/C/I C
    MISCELLANEOUS UNDETERMINED Cause
  • 74/L/DE L
    POWERPLANT PUMP-PRESSURE
  • 88/L/51 L
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FIRE IN ENGINE

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 3747. Source file NTSB_1980_3_3747.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.