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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX80FUJ90

1980-08-06 MESA, Arizona, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N82016

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-18-150

Year of manufacture

1979 · 1 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19790109

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AB3375

Registrant of record

ARMSTRONG AVIATION LLC DBA

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N82016 Piper PA-18 None

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

PIPER PA-18 · N82016

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

C0

Operator type

Part 121 (air carrier)

Airport

FALCON

Kind of flying

A0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

180° / 7 kt

Temp

105° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0018-7909052

Total time

426 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

1,276

Age

29

Cause factors

66/C/28 C
DUAL STUDENT Cause
64/C/30 C
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT Cause
64/L/31 L
PILOT IN COMMAND LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT
88/L/91 L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS TOUCH AND GO LANDING

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 2569. Source file NTSB_1980_3_2569.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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