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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX81FVA50

1981-06-20 FRESNO, California, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N824GB

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

HONDA AIRCRAFT CO LLC HA-420

Year of manufacture

2019

TCDS

A00018AT · HONDA AIRCRAFT COMPANY LLC

Engine

GE HONDA HF-120

Seats / Engines

8 seats · 2 engines

Last airworthiness date

20190924

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AB404F

Registrant of record

TVPX AIRCRAFT SOLUTIONS INC TRUSTEE

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N824GB Great Lakes 2T-1A Minor

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

GREAT LAKES 2T-1A · N824GB

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D0

Operator type

D

Airport

FRESNO AIR TERM

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

300° / 10 kt

Temp

92° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000728

Total time

493 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

1,340

Age

27

Cause factors

74/C/KA C
POWERPLANT POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS 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 3473. Source file NTSB_1981_3_3473.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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