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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MKC67D0334

1966-11-19 JEFFERSON, Iowa, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N7996F

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 150F

Engine

CONT MOTOR 0-200 SERIES (100 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19660519

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AADCA4

Registrant of record

ROUNDS DONALD C DBA

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 150F · N7996F

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

JEFFERSON

Kind of flying

A0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

225° / 5 kt

Temp

45° F

Aircraft history

Total time

189 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

8,800

Age

46

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

L PRESSURE 5 FEET ABOVE RUNWAY.

Investigator remarks

STUDENT ABRUPTLY APPLIED FORWARD ELEVATOR CONTRO

Cause factors

  • 66/C/44 C
    DUAL STUDENT Cause
  • 88/K/94 K
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE 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 3905. Source file NTSB_1966_3_3905.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.