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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX80FUQ22

1980-08-17 LANCASTER, California, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N3138K Cessna 421A 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

CESSNA 421A · N3138K

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EB

Operator type

D

Airport

GEN WILLIAM J FOX

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

260° / 14 kt

Temp

86° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000421-0115

Total time

2,812 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

GA (GA)

Total hours

2,050

Age

26

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

RABLE.

Investigator remarks

R AUX TANK FULL,HAD BEEN CAPPED & RENDERED INOPE

Cause factors

64/C/29 C
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
64/C/27 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING Cause
64/C/32 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL Cause
88/C/63 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL EXHAUSTION Cause
88/L/48 L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FAILURE OF TWO OR MORE ENGINES

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 3737. Source file NTSB_1980_3_3737.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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