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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI81FEE50

1981-08-18 CHICAGO, Illinois, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

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 · N6610L

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D0

Operator type

D

Airport

MIDWAY

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

080° / 5 kt

Temp

70° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000015284463

Total time

650 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

96

Age

52

Investigator remarks

PLUGS FD DIRTY & LEADED OVR.

Cause factors

  • 68/C/D6 C
    PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause
  • 74/C/BC C
    POWERPLANT SPARK PLUG Cause
  • 88/C/AR C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS CARBON DEPOSITS Cause
  • 83/K/I K
    TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS 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 2742. Source file NTSB_1981_3_2742.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.