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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event DEN70FQD12

1970-05-17 ALAMOGORDO, New Mexico, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N6116G

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 150K

Year of manufacture

1969 · 1 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR 0-200 SERIES (100 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19691209

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A7F5A6

Registrant of record

WILBUR DAVID W

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 150K · N6116G

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

B1

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

ALAMOGORDO

Kind of flying

A1

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000015071616

Total time

240 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

16

Age

44

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

CK PARKED BELL 47GS N1358X AND N1361X.SUBSTL DMG.

Investigator remarks

TURNED ONTO HI SPEED TAXIWAY TOO FAST. ACFT STRU

Cause factors

  • 64/C/22 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS Cause
  • 64/C/50 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED SPEED Cause
  • 64/L/31 L
    PILOT IN COMMAND LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT
  • 88/3/AW 3
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FEMALE PILOT Subordinate · 3

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 0574. Source file NTSB_1970_3_0574.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.