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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW74DRG09

1973-08-06 SAN MARCOS, Texas, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N60655 Cessna 150J 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 150J · N60655

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

Part 121 (air carrier)

Airport

LOWMAN

Kind of flying

A1

Weather at impact

Sky

SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET

Wind

220° / 10 kt

Temp

80° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000015070481

Total time

1,868 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

12

Age

22

Investigator remarks

BAIL OF HAY IN PROXIMITY OF ACTIVE RUNWAY.

Cause factors

64/C/79 C
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause
80/B/BY B
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES OTHER

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 2047. Source file NTSB_1973_3_2047.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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