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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX81FVA02

1980-10-01 KETTLEMAN CITY, California, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N8886Q AERO COMDR 600S2R 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

AERO COMDR 600S2R · N8886Q

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)

Airport

DIRT ROAD

Kind of flying

CB

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

100° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

00000001486R

Total time

1,200 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

8,451

Age

42

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

E CORROSION FM CHEMICAL SPRAYS USED IN AERIAL APP.

Investigator remarks

LND GEAR TAILWHEEL TRUNION,P/N 5508-19,FAILED DU

Cause factors

70/C/AD C
AIRFRAME BRACING WIRES,STRUTS Cause
88/C/36 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FATIGUE FRACTURE 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 3096. Source file NTSB_1980_3_3096.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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