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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI75FEE43

1975-01-28 HINCKLEY, Illinois, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N18552

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 150L

Year of manufacture

1972 · 3 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR 0-200 SERIES (100 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19720930

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A15661

Registrant of record

MALECHA JAMES L TRUSTEE

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N18552 Cessna 150L 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 150L · N18552

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

Part 121 (air carrier)

Airport

HINCKLEY

Kind of flying

A1

Weather at impact

Sky

SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET

Wind

050° / 7 kt

Temp

30° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000015073937

Total time

545 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

16

Age

24

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

AST DUAL INSTRUCTIONAL FLT 9/29/74.

Investigator remarks

APCH MADE TO STRIP APRX 100FT WIDE 2500FT LONG.L

Cause factors

64/C/21 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS Cause
88/C/02 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ANTI-ICING/DEICING EQUIPMENT-IMPROPER OPERATION OF/OR FAILED TO USE Cause
88/C/72 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ICE-CARBURETOR Cause
64/B/46 B
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED
82/L/G L
WEATHER CONDITIONS CONDUCIVE TO CARB./INDUCTION SYSTEM ICING

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 0465. Source file NTSB_1975_3_0465.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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