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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event DIA68D0115

1967-10-24 BASYE, Virginia, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N3711J Cessna 150G 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 150G · N3711J

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EB

Operator type

D

Airport

SKY BRYCE

Kind of flying

B2

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

50° F

Aircraft history

Total time

100 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

91

Age

50

Investigator remarks

ATTEMPTED LNDG,UNFAMILIAR AIRPORT IN MTS AT NITE

Cause factors

64/C/48 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE Cause
64/C/29 C
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
88/C/23 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MISCALCULATED FUEL CONSUMPTION 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 3796. Source file NTSB_1967_3_3796.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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