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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX81FVG60

1981-08-13 SACRAMENTO, California, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N3862H ERCO 415-CD 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

ERCO 415-CD · N3862H

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EB

Operator type

D

Airport

RIEGO

Kind of flying

A0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

160° / 6 kt

Temp

70° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000004563

Total time

1,365 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

13,000

Age

58

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ND OF RWY.

Investigator remarks

L MAIN GEAR HIT PILE OF DIRT APRX 50FT FM APCH E

Cause factors

66/C/48 C
DUAL STUDENT Cause
64/C/30 C
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT Cause
80/L/BY L
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES OTHER
88/1/91 1
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS TOUCH AND GO LANDING Subordinate · 1

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 2393. Source file NTSB_1981_3_2393.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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