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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX81FA031

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

Aircraft involved

N884S Beech 65-88 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

BEECH 65-88 · N884S

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

Business

Airport

SANTA BARBARA

Kind of flying

B2

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

250° / 10 kt

Temp

66° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000000LP-39

Total time

2,036 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

11,202

Age

38

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

OW LOOSE.

Investigator remarks

LOCK NUT ON 3/8IN ADJUSTABLE 45DEG FUEL LINE ELB

Cause factors

68/A/D4 A
PERSONNEL INADEQUATE INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) Cause — pilot/personnel action
74/A/CB A
POWERPLANT LINES AND FITTINGS Cause — pilot/personnel action
88/A/47 A
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPER ALIGNMENT/ADJUSTMENT Cause — pilot/personnel action
88/A/AJ A
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS LEAK/LEAKAGE Cause — pilot/personnel action
88/J/51 J
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FIRE IN ENGINE Joint cause

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 3772. Source file NTSB_1980_3_3772.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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