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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX81FA088

1980-04-23 HENDERSON, Nevada, United States Fatal 2 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

MITSUBISHI MU-2B · N307MA

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — level (EA)

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

SKY HARBOR

Kind of flying

DD

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Wind

270° / 5 kt

Temp

40° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000061896

Total time

3,702 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

808

Age

43

Investigator remarks

MTN TOPS OBSCURED.

Cause factors

64/A/16 A
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action
64/J/01 J
PILOT IN COMMAND ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT Joint cause
74/J/CY J
POWERPLANT OTHER Joint cause
88/J/95 J
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Joint cause
68/J/G2 J
PERSONNEL FAILURE TO ADVISE OF UNSAFE AIRPORT CONDITIONS Joint cause
80/J/A9 J
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES OTHER 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 3273. Source file NTSB_1980_3_3273.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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