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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MKC78DCJ16

1978-05-17 CRETE, Nebraska, United States Minor 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 · N24290

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EB

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

CRETE MUNI

Kind of flying

B1

Weather at impact

Sky

SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET

Wind

110° / 12 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

000015280198

Total time

148 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

9

Age

17

Investigator remarks

COLLIDED W/WIRES. WIND GUSTS TO 18.

Cause factors

  • 64/C/48 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE Cause
  • 68/C/C0 C
    PERSONNEL INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT Cause
  • 82/C/H C
    WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS Cause

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 0832. Source file NTSB_1978_3_0832.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.