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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX81DVA07

1980-10-18 MODESTO, California, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N761RB

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-32R-301T

Year of manufacture

1999

Engine

LYCOMING TI0-540 SER (310 hp)

Seats / Engines

7 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19990909

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AA46B8

Registrant of record

BASTIN ROBET J

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N761RB Cessna T210M None

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

CESSNA T210M · N761RB

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

D

Airport

MODESTO

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

340° / 4 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

000021062448

Total time

1,047 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

GA (GA)

Total hours

3,045

Age

33

Investigator remarks

DOOR CTL VLV ASSY,PN 1280804-1,MALFUNCTIONED.

Cause factors

70/A/CB A
AIRFRAME NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY Cause — pilot/personnel action
88/A/95 A
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL 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 2715. Source file NTSB_1980_3_2715.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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