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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MIA81DLD13

1980-12-01 TITUSVILLE, Florida, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

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 · N48122

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

PRIVATE STRIP

Kind of flying

A3

Weather at impact

Sky

SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET

Wind

350° / 6 kt

Temp

67° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000015283285

Total time

1,087 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

15

Age

23

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

SED AS RWY MARKER.

Investigator remarks

DRIFTED TO LEFT SIDE OF 30FT WIDE RWY,HIT TIRE U

Cause factors

  • 64/C/79 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause
  • 80/K/BY K
    AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES OTHER 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 3322. Source file NTSB_1980_3_3322.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.