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LAX80FUA18

1980-08-10 · NEWPORT BEACH, California, United States · Minor · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
BEECH V35TC · N9554Q
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D2
Operator type
Personal/private
Airport
JOHN WAYNE
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR
Wind
230° / 7 kt
Temp
82° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
0000000D8194
Total time
2,616 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
1,366
Age
46

Investigator remarks

NR3 EXH VALVE FAILED.LNDD IN CITY STREET.

Cause factors

  • 74/C/AF C
    POWERPLANT VALVE ASSEMBLIES Cause
  • 88/C/95 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause
  • 83/K/Y K
    TERRAIN OTHER Joint factor

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 3749. Source file NTSB_1980_3_3749.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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