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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MIA68F0144

1967-09-16 CENTERVILLE, Tennessee, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N8349J

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

VARGA AIRCRAFT CORP. 2150A

Year of manufacture

1979

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19791102

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AB6AD2

Registrant of record

CHERRY MICHAEL A

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N8349J 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 · N8349J

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

CENTERVILLE

Kind of flying

A3

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

350° / 2 kt

Temp

79° F

Aircraft history

Total time

465 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

34

Age

29

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

UD.3 HRS SINCE 50 HR INSPECTION.

Investigator remarks

WHEEL SEPARATED FROM ASSEMBLY,FAILURE OF AXLE ST

Cause factors

70/A/CE A
AIRFRAME NOSEWHEEL ASSEMBLIES Cause — pilot/personnel action
88/A/95 A
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE 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 3404. Source file NTSB_1967_3_3404.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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