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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX82DUG04

1981-12-05 ADELANTO, California, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N8043F

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

AIR TRACTOR INC AT-802A

Year of manufacture

2020

Engine

P&W CANADA PT6A-65AG (1300 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20200331

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AAF380

Registrant of record

MEYER BROS AG LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N8043F Cessna 150F Minor

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 150F · N8043F

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

D

Airport

EL MIRAGE

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

250° / 5 kt

Temp

70° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

00000000000Z

Total time

4,448 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

103

Age

43

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ON RWY OVER-RUN.

Investigator remarks

FUEL TNKS INDCD 1/4 FULL BFR TKOF.LNDD NOSE 1ST

Cause factors

64/C/29 C
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
64/C/32 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL Cause
88/C/63 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL EXHAUSTION Cause
64/B/25 B
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER LEVEL OFF
74/L/J2 L
POWERPLANT FUEL QUANTITY GAUGE
88/L/BR L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ERRATIC

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 3149. Source file NTSB_1981_3_3149.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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