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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW81FPM22

1981-09-16 TULSA, Oklahoma, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

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 177B · N35166

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

D

Airport

HARVEY YOUNG

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

350° / 10 kt

Temp

80° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000177O2242

Total time

1,395 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

177

Age

31

Investigator remarks

WND GSTG 15KTS.

Cause factors

  • 64/C/25 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER LEVEL OFF 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 2635. Source file NTSB_1981_3_2635.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.