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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI81DEP16

1981-04-20 PALMYRA, Wisconsin, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N3901J

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 150G

Year of manufacture

1966 · 15 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR 0-200 SERIES (100 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19660926

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A4854D

Registrant of record

HOLLADAY LEONARD

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N3901J Cessna 150E 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 150E · N3901J

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

D

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

030° / 15 kt

Temp

41° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000015061119

Total time

3,306 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

146

Age

47

Investigator remarks

OFF-AIRPORT LANDING.

Cause factors

64/A/35 A
PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN Cause — pilot/personnel action
83/J/A J
TERRAIN WET,SOFT GROUND 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 0578. Source file NTSB_1981_3_0578.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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