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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC72FFA22

1971-10-20 FRANKFORT, New York, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N7072S

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 150H

Year of manufacture

1967 · 4 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR 0-200 SERIES (100 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19680219

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A9713E

Registrant of record

ESTBY HANS P

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N7072S Cessna 150H 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 150H · N7072S

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EB

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

FRANKFORT

Kind of flying

A1

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000015067772

Total time

1,322 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

25

Age

24

Investigator remarks

PLT CRASH LNDD ACFT IN SWAMP.

Cause factors

64/C/21 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS Cause
88/C/02 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ANTI-ICING/DEICING EQUIPMENT-IMPROPER OPERATION OF/OR FAILED TO USE Cause
82/C/G C
WEATHER CONDITIONS CONDUCIVE TO CARB./INDUCTION SYSTEM ICING Cause
88/C/72 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ICE-CARBURETOR Cause
83/B/Y B
TERRAIN OTHER

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 3487. Source file NTSB_1971_3_3487.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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