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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX82FVG08

1981-11-26 NAPA, California, United States Serious 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N1920Y Mooney M20D 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 M20D · N1920Y

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

D

Airport

NAPA COUNTY

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Wind

220° / 12 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000215

Total time

2,533 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

1,473

Age

47

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ILITY LOST.

Investigator remarks

FUEL CAP SEALS,P/N 530001-000,HARD AND ALL PLIAB

Cause factors

64/C/29 C
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
88/C/87 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS WATER IN FUEL Cause
64/B/16 B
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
74/L/CJ L
POWERPLANT VENTS,DRAINS,TANK CAPS
88/L/BL L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DETERIORATED

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 2411. Source file NTSB_1981_3_2411.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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