NTSB CAROL · Event
Event CHI81DEG06
Registry · N60738
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CESSNA 150J
Year of manufacture
1969 · 12 years old at event
Engine
CONT MOTOR 0-200 SERIES (100 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19690508
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A7E422
Registrant of record
LONG WILLIAM E
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 150J · N60738
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
Part 121 (air carrier)
Airport
LUNKEN
Kind of flying
B1
Weather at impact
Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Wind
220° / 6 kt
Temp
44° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000015070537
Total time
3,841 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Airline transport
Total hours
22
Age
44
Cause factors
- 64/C/25 C PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER LEVEL OFF Cause
- 64/B/62 B PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING
- 88/L/91 L MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS TOUCH AND GO LANDING
- 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 0052.
Source file
NTSB_1981_3_0052.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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