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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event DEN77FQA42

1977-07-10 GALLUP, New Mexico, United States Serious 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N152EZ

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

GULFSTREAM AEROSPACE G-V

Year of manufacture

2002

Engine

ROLLS-ROYC BR 700 SERIES

Seats / Engines

20 seats · 2 engines

Last airworthiness date

20020411

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A0D219

Registrant of record

ISSTA GS LLC

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 150L · N152EZ

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

D

Airport

SEN CLARKE FIELD

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Wind

200° / 16 kt

Temp

85° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000150-75147

Total time

3,052 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

199

Age

23

Investigator remarks

DA ABT 9500FT.

Cause factors

  • 64/A/16 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 82/J/W J
    WEATHER HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE Joint cause
  • 83/J/I J
    TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS 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 1601. Source file NTSB_1977_3_1601.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.