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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX81FVG66

1981-09-12 RED BLUFF, California, United States Serious 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N5787Q Mooney M20E Serious

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

MOONEY M20E · N5787Q

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

D

Airport

RED BLUFF MUNI.

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

360° / 4 kt

Temp

76° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000752

Total time

2,970 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

1,500

Age

53

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

LEAKING.SERVO FUEL SCREEN CLOGGED W FUZZ & UNK MAT

Investigator remarks

BENDIX FUEL INJ UNIT CENTER BODY SEAL & VENTURI

Cause factors

74/C/CI C
POWERPLANT FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM Cause
88/C/AJ C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS LEAK/LEAKAGE Cause
84/C/G C
MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS Cause
64/B/06 B
PILOT IN COMMAND DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF

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 3471. Source file NTSB_1981_3_3471.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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