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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX80FVD32

1980-08-02 EMERYVILLE, California, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N27VF AERO COMDR 680FLP 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

AERO COMDR 680FLP · N27VF

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D0

Operator type

Business

Kind of flying

B3

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Wind

230° / 6 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

000001493-13

Total time

2,413 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

GA (GA)

Total hours

6,631

Age

37

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

D FLATS IN BAY.

Investigator remarks

CENTER TANK REFUELED WITH JET A.LNDD IN TIDAL MU

Cause factors

68/C/D2 C
PERSONNEL IMPROPERLY SERVICED AIRCRAFT (GROUND CREW) Cause
64/C/29 C
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
88/C/37 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL GRADE-IMPROPER Cause
88/K/88 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER 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 2576. Source file NTSB_1980_3_2576.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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