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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MIA66F0369

1965-10-24 THEODORE, Alabama, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N3082J

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 150E

Engine

CONT MOTOR 0-200 SERIES (100 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19650123

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A33FB1

Registrant of record

LANDRUM CRAIG

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 150E · N3082J

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise climb (DB)

Operator type

Personal/private

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

360° / 10 kt

Temp

50° F

Aircraft history

Total time

493 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

160

Age

21

Cause factors

  • 64/A/15 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/A/14 A
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING Cause — pilot/personnel action

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 3655. Source file NTSB_1965_3_3655.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.