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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX78DUJ55

1978-05-05 MARANA, Arizona, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N2902J Cessna 150G 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 150G · N2902J

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Day

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

D

Airport

MARANA AIR PARK

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

210° / 28 kt

Temp

82° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000015065702

Total time

5,972 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

994

Age

50

Investigator remarks

WND GUSTING 36K

Cause factors

64/A/28 A
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
82/J/H J
WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS Joint 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 1150. Source file NTSB_1978_3_1150.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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