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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX80FUM02

1980-10-15 CARLSBAD, California, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N21BQ

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CIRRUS DESIGN SR22T

Year of manufacture

2016

Engine

CONT MOTOR TSIO-550-K (315 hp)

Seats / Engines

5 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20160318

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A1B751

Registrant of record

SRI FLYING CLUB INC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N21BQ Hughes 269C Minor

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

HUGHES 269C · N21BQ

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Balloon

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — level (EA)

Operator type

Business

Airport

PALOMAR

Kind of flying

DB

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Wind

240° / 11 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000976

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

4,980

Age

35

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

DRG FORCED LNDG IN VACANT LOT.

Investigator remarks

WND GSTG 25KTS.PLT MANUEVERED TO AVOID LGT POLE

Cause factors

74/C/KA C
POWERPLANT POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS Cause
82/K/H K
WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS Joint factor
83/K/I K
TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS Joint factor
84/K/7 K
MISCELLANEOUS EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION Joint factor

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 3000. Source file NTSB_1980_3_3000.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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