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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW73FRJ21

1972-11-19 SHREVEPORT, Louisiana, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N5202Q

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 150L

Engine

CONT MOTOR 0-200 SERIES (100 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19720106

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A68B9B

Registrant of record

ROSSO MATTHEW J

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N5202Q Cessna 150L 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 150L · N5202Q

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

Part 121 (air carrier)

Kind of flying

A1

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Aircraft history

Serial number

000015073102

Total time

519 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

56

Age

46

Investigator remarks

CRASH LNDD IN WOODED AREA

Cause factors

64/C/03 C
PILOT IN COMMAND BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED Cause
88/C/63 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL EXHAUSTION Cause
83/B/I B
TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS

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 3673. Source file NTSB_1972_3_3673.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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