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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX80FVG33

1980-04-30 CALISTOGA, California, United States Serious 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N1165S

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

AERONCA 65-CA

Engine

CONT MOTOR A&C65 SERIES (65 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19650428

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A04595

Registrant of record

RANGER AIRFIELD FOUNDATION

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N1165S Schweizer SGS134 Serious

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

SCHWEIZER SGS134 · N1165S

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

C

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EB

Operator type

D

Airport

CALISTOGA AIRPARK

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000065

Total time

1,800 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

195

Age

64

Investigator remarks

FIXED SINGLE WHEEL.

Cause factors

64/C/27 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING Cause
64/C/48 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE Cause
82/L/M L
WEATHER DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS

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 0484. Source file NTSB_1980_3_0484.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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