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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX81FVG31

1981-05-04 WILLIAMS, California, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N8424V

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

RANS S-2R

Year of manufacture

1976 · 5 years old at event

Engine

P&W R1340 SERIES (600 hp)

Seats / Engines

1 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19760209

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AB8A3F

Registrant of record

JONES AVIATION INC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N8424V Rockwell S2R 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

ROCKWELL S2R · N8424V

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

DH

Operator type

Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)

Kind of flying

CA

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

00000002184R

Total time

2,949 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

10,200

Age

36

Investigator remarks

FLOODED RICE PADDY.

Cause factors

74/A/AD A
POWERPLANT CYLINDER ASSEMBLY Cause — pilot/personnel action
88/A/95 A
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause — pilot/personnel action
83/K/Y K
TERRAIN OTHER 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 0884. Source file NTSB_1981_3_0884.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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