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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MKC81DCQ51

1981-09-22 HAYS, Kansas, 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 · N49009

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Night

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

HAYS MUNI

Kind of flying

A1

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

120° / 15 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

000015281098

Total time

2,380 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

30

Age

20

Cause factors

  • 64/C/28 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS Cause
  • 82/L/H L
    WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS

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 2218. Source file NTSB_1981_3_2218.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.