NTSB CAROL · Event
Event LAX81DVG07
Registry · N5067C
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
BELLANCA 7ECA
Year of manufacture
1979 · 1 years old at event
Engine
LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES (115 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19791112
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A6538A
Registrant of record
MUTTER WILLIAM D
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
BELLANCA 7ECA · N5067C
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D1
Operator type
D
Airport
RED BLUFF
Kind of flying
A1
Weather at impact
Sky
OVERCAST/LOWER SCATTERED
Temp
46° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000001333-80
Total time
646 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Airline transport
Total hours
47
Age
55
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
SS.BRFG DID NOT INCLUDE OTR ADVERSE WX ENROUTE.
Investigator remarks
CFI DID NOT HEAR COMPLETE WX BRFG DUE OTR BUSINE
Cause factors
- 68/C/C0 C PERSONNEL INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT Cause
- 64/C/04 C PILOT IN COMMAND CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS Cause
- 64/C/03 C PILOT IN COMMAND BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED Cause
- 88/C/63 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL EXHAUSTION Cause
- 68/L/G1 L PERSONNEL FAILURE TO ADVISE OF UNSAFE WEATHER CONDITIONS
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 3641.
Source file
NTSB_1980_3_3641.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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