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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX80FVG43

1980-05-16 REDDING, California, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N175P

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 175

Year of manufacture

1958 · 22 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR GO-300 SERIES (175 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19580326

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A12D05

Registrant of record

BURDICK RICH

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

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

SWEARINGEN SA26AT · N175P

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

Business

Airport

REDDING MUNI

Kind of flying

B3

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

020° / 4 kt

Temp

80° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

00000T26-135

Total time

5,477 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

DA (DA)

Total hours

27,170

Age

59

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

AILED AFTER ACFT DEPD RWY.

Investigator remarks

NOSE WHL TIRE BLEW OUT DRG LNDG ROLL.NOSE GEAR F

Cause factors

  • 70/A/CF A
    AIRFRAME WHEELS,TIRES,AXLES Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 70/A/CE A
    AIRFRAME NOSEWHEEL ASSEMBLIES Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/A/95 A
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/A/94 A
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Cause — pilot/personnel action

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 1477. Source file NTSB_1980_3_1477.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.