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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW79DRJ15

1979-06-30 TYLER, Texas, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N2125C

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 195B

TCDS

A-790 · TEXTRON AVIATION INC

Seats / Engines

5 seats · 1 engine

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A1C3FA

Registrant of record

FROES JONATHAN

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N2125C Cessna 195B Minor

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 195B · N2125C

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

PONDS FIELD

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET

Wind

240° / 8 kt

Temp

95° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000016110

Total time

1,931 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

DA (DA)

Total hours

27,792

Age

60

Cause factors

64/C/22 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS 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 1090. Source file NTSB_1979_3_1090.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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