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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI73DEE15

1972-08-12 NAPERVILLE, Illinois, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N2951J

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 150G

Year of manufacture

1966 · 6 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR 0-200 SERIES (100 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19661212

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A30A91

Registrant of record

JOHNSTON ROBERT G

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N2951J 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 · N2951J

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

D

Airport

CLOW

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

BROKEN

Wind

320° / 7 kt

Temp

83° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000015065751

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

124

Age

54

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

GLIDERS TO L.HIT RWY MARKER.

Investigator remarks

SETTLED TO RWY.STEERED TO R SIDE OF RWY TO AVOID

Cause factors

64/C/24 C
PILOT IN COMMAND PREMATURE LIFT-OFF Cause
64/C/16 C
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause
64/C/79 C
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause

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 2882. Source file NTSB_1972_3_2882.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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