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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC69F0245

1968-11-23 MIDDLETOWN, New York, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N6535F Cessna 150F Minor

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 · N6535F

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D2

Operator type

D

Kind of flying

A3

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

35° F

Aircraft history

Total time

1,352 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

51

Age

76

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

N POSITION,INSTEAD OF CARB HEAT CONTROL.

Investigator remarks

INADVERTENTLY PULLED MIXTURE CONTROL TO FULL LEA

Cause factors

64/C/21 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS Cause
64/C/32 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL Cause
64/C/44 C
PILOT IN COMMAND SPONTANEOUS-IMPROPER ACTION Cause
88/C/96 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION 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 4162. Source file NTSB_1968_3_4162.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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