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LAX80FA122

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

N8EM has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (CESSNA T182T, built 2011), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

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).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 1942. Source file NTSB_1980_3_1942.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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