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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI79FEV02

1978-10-18 JACKSONVILLE, Illinois, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

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 152 · N757UJ

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

C0

Operator type

Part 121 (air carrier)

Airport

JACKSONVILLE MUNI

Kind of flying

A3

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

225° / 10 kt

Temp

50° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000015280011

Total time

285 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

39

Age

40

Cause factors

  • 64/C/79 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause
  • 88/3/AW 3
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FEMALE PILOT Subordinate · 3

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 4040. Source file NTSB_1978_3_4040.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.