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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI71DDM01

1970-07-23 RIVER FALLS, Wisconsin, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N1907Z

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 150C

Year of manufacture

1962 · 8 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR 0-200 SERIES (100 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19620929

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A16B90

Registrant of record

MONTCALM AVIATION LLC

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

CESSNA 150C · N1907Z

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

Part 91 (general aviation)

Airport

RIVER FALLS

Kind of flying

A3

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

80° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000015059707

Total time

2,994 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

25

Age

22

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ANK.

Investigator remarks

SETTLED BACK ON RWY. ABORTED. RAN OFF RWY INTO B

Cause factors

  • 64/A/16 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED 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 3119. Source file NTSB_1970_3_3119.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.