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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI70DBD26

1970-04-29 NAPERVILLE, Illinois, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N3045S Cessna 150G None

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 150G · N3045S

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Night

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

Part 91 (general aviation)

Airport

NAPERVILLE

Kind of flying

A0

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Wind

210° / 8 kt

Temp

80° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000015066954

Total time

1,368 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

596

Age

44

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

DRIFTED TO R OF RWY. HIT BUSH AND FENCE.

Investigator remarks

STUDENT PLT FAILED TO CORRECT FOR CROSS WND.ACFT

Cause factors

64/C/30 C
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT Cause
66/C/28 C
DUAL STUDENT Cause
80/C/BL C
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES SOFT RUNWAY Cause
82/L/H L
WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS

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 1935. Source file NTSB_1970_3_1935.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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