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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW73FRA09

1972-09-03 FRIENDSWOOD, Texas, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N2958S

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

VAN'S AIRCRAFT RV-6

Year of manufacture

1998

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19980721

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A30B8E

Registrant of record

SMITH JIMMIE A TRUSTEE

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N2958S 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 · N2958S

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

Part 121 (air carrier)

Airport

CLOVER

Kind of flying

B1

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Aircraft history

Serial number

000015066858

Total time

2,030 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

24

Age

28

Cause factors

64/C/25 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER LEVEL OFF Cause
88/K/94 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE 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 3352. Source file NTSB_1972_3_3352.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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