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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI78FEI02

1977-11-01 CLEVELAND, Ohio, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N120ZZ

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-18-150

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20020614

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A05609

Registrant of record

CUMULUS HOLDINGS LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N120ZZ Beech G-18S 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

BEECH G-18S · N120ZZ

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

C0

Operator type

E

Airport

CLEVELAND HOPKINS

Kind of flying

CJ

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Wind

160° / 14 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000000BA587

Total time

9,846 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

2,440

Age

32

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

E PEDALS.WIND GUSTS TO 20K.

Investigator remarks

LEFT SEAT SLID BACK.PIC WAS UNABLE TO REACH BRAK

Cause factors

70/C/CD C
AIRFRAME TAILWHEEL ASSEMBLIES Cause
88/C/95 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause
88/C/AH C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS PREVIOUS DAMAGE Cause
68/C/D6 C
PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause
64/B/19 B
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO USE OR INCORRECTLY USED MISC.EQUIPMENT
80/K/BA K
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES WET RUNWAY Joint factor
82/K/H K
WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS Joint factor

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 3280. Source file NTSB_1977_3_3280.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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