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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MIA78DKJ27

1978-03-19 DESTIN, Florida, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N24532

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 152

Year of manufacture

1977 · 1 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES (115 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19770919

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A2456E

Registrant of record

CHRISTIANSEN AVIATION LLC

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 152 · N24532

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

DESTIN FT.WALTON

Kind of flying

A3

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000015280315

Total time

81 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

25

Age

48

Cause factors

  • 64/C/25 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER LEVEL OFF Cause
  • 64/B/62 B
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING

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 1581. Source file NTSB_1978_3_1581.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.