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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX81DVG07

1980-12-01 RED BLUFF, California, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

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 ↗.