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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC68D0413

1968-03-27 TEWKSBURY, Massachusetts, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N47120

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 152

Year of manufacture

1979

Engine

LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES (115 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19790203

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A5C788

Registrant of record

SHIPE JACQUELINE M

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

TAYLORCRAFT L-2B · N47120

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

D

Airport

TEWKSBURY

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

270° / 12 kt

Aircraft history

Total time

2,156 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

517

Age

32

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

PRIOR ARRANGEMENTS. NO LNDG LTS ON ACFT.

Investigator remarks

FLD LTS AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. PLT FAILED TO MAKE

Cause factors

  • 64/C/25 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER LEVEL OFF Cause
  • 88/K/94 K
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Joint factor
  • 64/L/29 L
    PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING

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 0705. Source file NTSB_1968_3_0705.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.