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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event IAD71FLJ25

1971-05-20 DURHAM, North Carolina, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N6553G Cessna 150L 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 150L · N6553G

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EJ

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

DURHAM SKY PARK

Kind of flying

A1

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Aircraft history

Serial number

000015072053

Total time

450 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

14

Age

20

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

T ON,STALLED,HIT TREES.PLT'S FIRST SOLO FLT.

Investigator remarks

PLT BOUNCED ON LDG,GO-AROUND,RTRCTD FLAPS,CARB H

Cause factors

64/C/25 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER LEVEL OFF Cause
64/C/62 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING Cause
64/B/16 B
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
64/B/19 B
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO USE OR INCORRECTLY USED MISC.EQUIPMENT
80/K/BY K
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES OTHER Joint factor
88/3/AW 3
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FEMALE PILOT Subordinate · 3

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 1663. Source file NTSB_1971_3_1663.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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