NTSB CAROL · Event
Event CHI72FLQ37
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 150K · N6467G
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
B2
Operator type
Personal/private
Airport
BLUE GRASS FLD
Kind of flying
A1
Weather at impact
Sky
UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
Wind
050° / 16 kt
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000071967
Total time
1,375 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Airline transport
Total hours
36
Age
24
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
G TSTM APPROACHING FLD.
Investigator remarks
WIND GUSTING TO 37K.RETURNING TO RAMP AFTR SEEIN
Cause factors
- 82/A/H A WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 82/A/X A WEATHER THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY 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 3945.
Source file
NTSB_1972_3_3945.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
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