NTSB CAROL · Event
Event ATL81DKM01
Registry · N66JM
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CESSNA 152
Year of manufacture
1981
Engine
LYCOMING O-235-L2C (118 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19810724
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A8B2B4
Registrant of record
RUSSMAN NICHOLAS S
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
Aircraft involved
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
BABY GR LKS 1 · N66JM
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D0
Operator type
D
Airport
AIR HARBOR
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Serial number
0000000066JM
Total time
110 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
2,170
Age
31
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
WELD.
Investigator remarks
L MAIN LNDG GEAR SHOCK STRUT FAILED AT PREVIOUS
Cause factors
- 68/A/D6 A PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 70/A/CA A AIRFRAME MAIN GEAR-SHOCK ABSORBING ASSY,STRUTS,ATTACHMENTS,ETC. Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/AG A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS POOR WELD Cause — pilot/personnel action
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 3062.
Source file
NTSB_1980_3_3062.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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