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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX81DVG08

1980-12-10 LINCOLN, California, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N4218M

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-12

Year of manufacture

1947 · 33 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES (115 hp)

Seats / Engines

3 seats · 1 engine

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A502D2

Registrant of record

FORDYCE GREGORY L

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N4218M Piper PA-12 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

PIPER PA-12 · N4218M

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

D

Airport

LINCOLN MUNI

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Temp

65° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000072-3114

Total time

2,475 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

95

Age

49

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

IN GEAR DUG INTO SOFT GND.

Investigator remarks

PLT SWERVED RGT TO AVOID A DOG ON THE RWY.RGT MA

Cause factors

84/A/3 A
MISCELLANEOUS ANIMAL(S) ON RUNWAY/TAXIWAY/RAMP Cause — pilot/personnel action
84/A/7 A
MISCELLANEOUS EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION Cause — pilot/personnel action
80/J/BF J
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES SOFT SHOULDERS Joint cause
88/1/AW 1
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FEMALE PILOT Subordinate · 1

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 3474. Source file NTSB_1980_3_3474.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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