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LAX81FVW02

1980-10-25 · HENDERSON, Nevada, United States · Serious · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
FOKKER DR1 · N14117
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D7
Operator type
D
Airport
SKY HARBOR
Kind of flying
DF

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR
Temp
71° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
0000000AA101
Total time
145 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
10,000
Age
56

Investigator remarks

MOCK AERIAL DOGFIGHT.

Cause factors

  • 64/C/27 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING Cause
  • 84/C/1 C
    MISCELLANEOUS VORTEX TURBULENCE Cause

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 3013. Source file NTSB_1980_3_3013.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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