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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI79FEG06

1978-11-25 WEST UNION, Ohio, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N18202

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 150L

Year of manufacture

1972 · 6 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR 0-200 SERIES (100 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19720922

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A14A8D

Registrant of record

KILLPACK BLAKE JACOB

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N18202 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 · N18202

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

D

Airport

ALEXANDER SALAMON

Kind of flying

A1

Weather at impact

Sky

BROKEN

Aircraft history

Serial number

000015073859

Total time

2,025 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

18

Age

19

Cause factors

64/C/22 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS 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 4026. Source file NTSB_1978_3_4026.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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