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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI81DEC08

1981-01-03 SALEM, Michigan, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N24764

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 152

Year of manufacture

1977 · 4 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES (115 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19771006

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A24D47

Registrant of record

RIYA AVIATION LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N24764 Cessna 152A 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 152A · N24764

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

D

Airport

SALEM

Kind of flying

A3

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Wind

300° / 10 kt

Temp

31° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000015280362

Total time

450 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

50

Age

28

Cause factors

64/C/79 C
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL 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 0039. Source file NTSB_1981_3_0039.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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