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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event IAD78FLT08

1978-07-31 MEMPHIS, Tennessee, United States Minor 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 152 · N49915

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

C0

Operator type

D

Airport

ISLE-A-PORT

Kind of flying

A1

Weather at impact

Sky

BROKEN

Wind

330° / 7 kt

Temp

87° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000015281391

Total time

27 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

22

Age

21

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ERS LEFT OF SOD RWY.FIRST FLT FM THIS ARPT.

Investigator remarks

RWY CONSTRUCTION IN PROGRESS.STRUCK PILE OF CIND

Cause factors

  • 64/C/29 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
  • 68/C/C0 C
    PERSONNEL INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT Cause
  • 64/C/15 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS 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 2031. Source file NTSB_1978_3_2031.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.