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LAX80FVD34

1980-08-07 · SONOMA, California, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
CASSUTT IIIM · N44TP
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
D
Airport
SONOMA VALLEY
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR
Temp
80° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
00000000PEP1
Total time
1 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
1,500
Age
39

Cause factors

  • 64/A/24 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND PREMATURE LIFT-OFF Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/J/31 J
    PILOT IN COMMAND LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT Joint cause

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 2143. Source file NTSB_1980_3_2143.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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