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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MKC79DCD40

1979-09-12 OXFORD, Iowa, 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 · N65465

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

Part 121 (air carrier)

Airport

GREEN CASTLE

Kind of flying

A1

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

120° / 5 kt

Temp

70° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000015281568

Total time

857 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

19

Age

32

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

TRACTED,REDUCED PWR & LND IN BEAN FLD.

Investigator remarks

PLT STATED-ACFT SETTLED AFTER 20 DEC OF FLAPS RE

Cause factors

  • 64/A/44 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND SPONTANEOUS-IMPROPER ACTION Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/J/91 J
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS TOUCH AND GO LANDING Joint 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 2755. Source file NTSB_1979_3_2755.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.