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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MIA78FLD35

1978-04-15 BROOKSVILLE, Florida, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N6511S

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 150H

Engine

CONT MOTOR 0-200 SERIES (100 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19671001

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A892FD

Registrant of record

GBY AERO LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N6511S Cessna 150H 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 150H · N6511S

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

HERNANDO COUNTY

Kind of flying

A0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

090° / 6 kt

Temp

77° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000015067311

Total time

4,033 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

2,439

Age

37

Cause factors

74/C/KA C
POWERPLANT POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS Cause
83/K/A K
TERRAIN WET,SOFT GROUND Joint factor

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 1439. Source file NTSB_1978_3_1439.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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