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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX81DUG36

1981-07-05 CORONA, California, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N2512C Piccard AX-6 Minor

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

PICCARD AX-6 · N2512C

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

D

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

D

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

090° / 4 kt

Temp

79° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000507

Total time

9 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

1,200

Age

52

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

S TURNED OFF,BURNER LIT.TIME RQD TO STOP PLT LGT.

Investigator remarks

RIP CORD CAUGHT ON BLAST VLV HNDL AFT PLT LGT WA

Cause factors

75/A/CY A
SYSTEMS OTHER Cause — pilot/personnel action
88/A/50 A
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FIRE IN CABIN,COCKPIT,BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT 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 1372. Source file NTSB_1981_3_1372.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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