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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW78FQG50

1978-09-15 DALHART, Texas, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N18177

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 150L

Year of manufacture

1972 · 6 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR 0-200 SERIES (100 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19720911

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A147D0

Registrant of record

HOFFMAN RICK W

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N18177 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 · N18177

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

Personal/private

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

225° / 14 kt

Temp

90° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000015073846

Total time

2,235 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

108

Age

27

Investigator remarks

WIND GUSTING TO 22KTS.

Cause factors

64/C/28 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS Cause
82/L/H L
WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS
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 2671. Source file NTSB_1978_3_2671.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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