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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX82FVM03

1981-12-03 SAN FRANCISCO, California, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N765DS

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

NOORDYN HARVARD MARK II

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AA5477

Registrant of record

SYF LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N765DS Cessna T210N 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 T210N · N765DS

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

IMC

Phase of flight

ED

Operator type

D

Airport

SAN FRANCISCO INT

Kind of flying

B2

Weather at impact

Sky

OBSCURATION

Aircraft history

Serial number

000021063092

Total time

468 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

2,854

Age

57

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

PWR FOR MISSED APCH.HIT WATER 675FT SHORT OF MM.

Investigator remarks

PLT RPRTD INTERMITTENT ENG RESPONSE AFTR ADDING

Cause factors

74/C/KA C
POWERPLANT POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS Cause
82/L/A L
WEATHER LOW CEILING
88/K/88 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER Joint factor

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 3272. Source file NTSB_1981_3_3272.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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