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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI77FA004

1976-10-23 JOLIET, Illinois, United States Fatal 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N23080 Cessna 150H Fatal

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 150H · N23080

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

IMC

Phase of flight

DC

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

JOLIET MUNICIPAL

Kind of flying

B9

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Aircraft history

Serial number

000150-68715

Total time

1,158 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

IA (IA)

Total hours

4

Age

24

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

MG PCT.

Investigator remarks

UNAUTHORIZED STUDENT SOLO. BLOOD ALCOHOL LVL 107

Cause factors

64/A/66 A
PILOT IN COMMAND SPATIAL DISORIENTATION Cause — pilot/personnel action
88/J/67 J
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT Joint cause
88/J/26 J
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS STOLEN OR UNAUTHORIZED USE OF AIRCRAFT Joint cause
82/J/C J
WEATHER FOG Joint 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 2977. Source file NTSB_1976_3_2977.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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