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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX80FA122

1980-07-16 TUCSON, Arizona, United States Fatal 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N8EM

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA T182T

Year of manufacture

2011

TCDS

3A13 · TEXTRON AVIATION INC

Engine

LYCOMING TIO-540-AK1A (235 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20110829

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AADD9B

Registrant of record

HAASE ROBERT F

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

LAISTER LP-15 · N8EM

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

C

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

D

Airport

RYAN FIELD

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET

Wind

320° / 6 kt

Temp

102° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000N-2

Total time

670 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

511

Age

57

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

NOT CONNECTED.

Investigator remarks

RETRACTABLE CTRLN WHL.AILERON QUICK DISCONNECTS

Cause factors

  • 64/A/29 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 75/A/CA A
    SYSTEMS AILERON AND AILERON TAB CONTROL SYSTEM Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/A/BM A
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DISCONNECTED Cause — pilot/personnel action

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 1942. Source file NTSB_1980_3_1942.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.