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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MIA73DKJ60

1973-05-21 HAZEL GREEN, Alabama, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N22159

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 150H

Year of manufacture

1967 · 6 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR 0-200 SERIES (100 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A1E7E1

Registrant of record

REGISTRATION PENDING

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N22159 Cessna 150H Minor

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 150H · N22159

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — level (EA)

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

HAZEL GREEN

Kind of flying

A3

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

250° / 2 kt

Temp

75° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000015068106

Total time

2,166 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

42

Age

38

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

CUT OFF PSN CARB HEAT COLD PSN.

Investigator remarks

DWND CARB HEAT PULLED ON ENG QUIT.MIXT FOUND IN

Cause factors

64/C/21 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS Cause
83/B/F B
TERRAIN ROUGH/UNEVEN

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 1943. Source file NTSB_1973_3_1943.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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