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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX81FVG20

1981-02-13 FAIR OAKS, California, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N5MK

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CIRRUS DESIGN SR22

Year of manufacture

2002

TCDS

A00009CH · CIRRUS DESIGN CORP

Engine

CONT MOTOR IO-550 SERIES (300 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20020830

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A6365B

Registrant of record

MLK AIRCRAFT LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N5MK Cessna T210M 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

CESSNA T210M · N5MK

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

D

Airport

PHOENIX

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Wind

160° / 10 kt

Temp

59° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000210-61989

Total time

1,050 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

316

Age

30

Cause factors

64/C/46 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED Cause
64/C/80 C
PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND Cause
64/B/82 B
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND
88/L/AQ L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DOWNWIND
80/L/BA L
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES WET RUNWAY
88/K/DH K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY Joint factor

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 0886. Source file NTSB_1981_3_0886.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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