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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI81DEC01

1980-10-16 FLUSHING, Michigan, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N24251

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 172S

Year of manufacture

2024

Engine

LYCOMING IO-360-L2A (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20240416

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A23A8E

Registrant of record

CAREER TRACK 1 LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

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 · N24251

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

C4

Operator type

Part 121 (air carrier)

Airport

FLUSHING DALTON

Kind of flying

B1

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Wind

120° / 6 kt

Temp

65° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000015280174

Total time

1,622 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

28

Age

27

Investigator remarks

APPROX 33LBS OVR MAX USEFUL LOAD AT TKOF.

Cause factors

  • 64/A/29 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/A/16 A
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FAILED TO USE ALL AVAILABLE RUNWAY Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/A/06 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/J/76 J
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G. Joint cause
  • 80/J/BA J
    AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES WET RUNWAY Joint cause
  • 80/J/BL J
    AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES SOFT RUNWAY 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 3075. Source file NTSB_1980_3_3075.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.