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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX81FA077

1981-04-20 BURBANK, California, United States Serious 1 aircraft Status: Completed

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 404 · N5375C

Damage

Minor

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

A1

Operator type

E

Airport

BURBANK-GLENDALE

Kind of flying

CJ

Weather at impact

Sky

SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000404-0665

Total time

210 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

DA (DA)

Total hours

10,700

Age

28

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ING,WALKED INTO PROP.

Investigator remarks

PAX EXITED ACFT THRU PLT HATCH,DPTD FORWARD FM W

Cause factors

  • 68/A/K4 A
    PERSONNEL PASSENGER Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/A/33 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT Cause — pilot/personnel action

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 2423. Source file NTSB_1981_3_2423.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.