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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX80FVW05

1979-11-15 BOULDER CITY, Nevada, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N1162Y

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 150B

Year of manufacture

1962 · 17 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR 0-200 SERIES (100 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19620405

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A04532

Registrant of record

BRYAN DANNY J

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

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 150B · N1162Y

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D2

Operator type

D

Airport

BOULDER CITY

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

360° / 15 kt

Temp

59° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000015059562

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

1,700

Age

51

Cause factors

  • 64/A/22 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/A/32 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/A/63 A
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL EXHAUSTION Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 83/J/F J
    TERRAIN ROUGH/UNEVEN 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 2956. Source file NTSB_1979_3_2956.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.