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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX80FVD31

1980-07-22 SAN RAFAEL, California, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N17CV Beech D-17S 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

BEECH D-17S · N17CV

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EJ

Operator type

D

Airport

SMITH RANCH

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

80° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000004893

Total time

2,152 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

557

Age

40

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

WY.HIT ROCK PILE.

Investigator remarks

LOST ENG PWR AFTER LIFT-OFF,UN TO STOP ON RMNG R

Cause factors

74/C/KA C
POWERPLANT POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS Cause
88/K/DH K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY 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 2214. Source file NTSB_1980_3_2214.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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