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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW82FRA05

1981-10-23 HOUSTON, Texas, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N3056E Cessna 172N 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 172N · N3056E

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

D

Airport

LAKESIDE

Kind of flying

A0

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Wind

030° / 11 kt

Temp

54° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000017271423

Total time

2,124 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Age

37

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

PERTY.

Investigator remarks

STRUCK PILE OF PLASTIC DRAINAGE PIPE ON ARPT PRO

Cause factors

74/C/KA C
POWERPLANT POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS Cause
80/K/BY K
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES OTHER 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 3382. Source file NTSB_1981_3_3382.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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