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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event DEN81FTG17

1981-08-04 BISMARCK, North Dakota, United States None 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 · N5324H

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

DC

Operator type

Part 121 (air carrier)

Kind of flying

A0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

110° / 8 kt

Temp

82° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000015284086

Total time

812 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

GA (GA)

Total hours

2,940

Age

27

Investigator remarks

DRNG PWR REC CARB HEAT LEFT OFF.

Cause factors

  • 64/C/21 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS Cause
  • 88/C/02 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ANTI-ICING/DEICING EQUIPMENT-IMPROPER OPERATION OF/OR FAILED TO USE Cause
  • 88/C/72 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ICE-CARBURETOR Cause
  • 88/L/85 L
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS SIMULATED CONDITIONS

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 3246. Source file NTSB_1981_3_3246.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.