NTSB CAROL · Event
Event LAX81DVG10
Registry · N761RE
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CESSNA T210M
Year of manufacture
1978 · 2 years old at event
Engine
CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER (300 hp)
Seats / Engines
6 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19780310
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AA46BB
Registrant of record
SECREST STEVEN J
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
CESSNA T210 · N761RE
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
Business
Airport
RED BLUFF MUNI
Kind of flying
B2
Weather at impact
Sky
OBSCURATION
Wind
320° / 6 kt
Temp
48° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000021062451
Total time
231 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
2,267
Age
33
Cause factors
- 64/C/46 C PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED Cause
- 64/C/82 C PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND Cause
- 82/L/A L WEATHER LOW CEILING
- 82/L/C L WEATHER FOG
- 88/K/DH K MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY Joint factor
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 3475.
Source file
NTSB_1980_3_3475.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
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