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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX80FVM40

1980-08-30 SAN FRANCISCO, California, United States Serious 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N4119E

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-18-150

Year of manufacture

1978 · 2 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19780210

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A4DB6F

Registrant of record

BIGHAM DAVID A

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N4119E Piper PA-18 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

PIPER PA-18 · N4119E

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

D

Kind of flying

CF

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Wind

315° / 6 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

0018-7809077

Total time

655 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

5,200

Age

52

Investigator remarks

HIT PWR LINE LDG ON A BLVD.

Cause factors

64/C/21 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS Cause
88/C/02 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ANTI-ICING/DEICING EQUIPMENT-IMPROPER OPERATION OF/OR FAILED TO USE Cause
88/C/72 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ICE-CARBURETOR Cause
64/B/15 B
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS
82/L/G L
WEATHER CONDITIONS CONDUCIVE TO CARB./INDUCTION SYSTEM ICING
83/K/I K
TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS 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 2216. Source file NTSB_1980_3_2216.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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