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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI80DEC03

1979-11-02 NAPOLEON, Michigan, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N6100K

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA AIRCRAFT CO 162

Year of manufacture

2012

Engine

CONT MOTOR O-200-D (100 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20120509

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A7F120

Registrant of record

EDWARD HENRY LADUKE

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N6100K Cessna 150M 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 150M · N6100K

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

Personal/private

Kind of flying

A1

Weather at impact

Sky

SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET

Aircraft history

Serial number

000015077526

Total time

1,595 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

28

Age

20

Cause factors

68/C/D0 C
PERSONNEL IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) Cause
74/C/DB C
POWERPLANT LINES,HOSES,FITTING Cause
88/C/BM C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DISCONNECTED Cause
88/C/81 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OIL EXHAUSTION-ENGINE LUBRICATION SYSTEM Cause
83/B/A B
TERRAIN WET,SOFT GROUND
88/K/94 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE 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 3216. Source file NTSB_1979_3_3216.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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