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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX80FUM26

1980-08-26 BRAWLEY, California, United States Fatal 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N8544S Air Tractor AT-301 Fatal

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

AIR TRACTOR AT-301 · N8544S

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

E

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)

Airport

BRAWLEY MUNI

Kind of flying

CB

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

300° / 6 kt

Temp

81° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000301-0141

Total time

1,482 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

3,500

Age

43

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

MINUS 128FT MSL.

Investigator remarks

NO 2 & 3 CYL HOLD DOWN STUDS SEPARATED.ARPT ELEV

Cause factors

74/C/AD C
POWERPLANT CYLINDER ASSEMBLY Cause
88/C/95 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause
64/B/16 B
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED

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 2710. Source file NTSB_1980_3_2710.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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