NTSB CAROL · Event
Event NYC73AN018
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
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
D
Airport
LAWRENCE
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Wind
090° / 10 kt
Temp
76° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000L-4709
Total time
2,213 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
1,119
Age
37
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
TED. LOST CTL TRYING TO RET TO FLD.
Investigator remarks
METAL SHIELDED LEADING EDGE OF PROP BLADE SEPARA
Cause factors
- 74/C/FJ C POWERPLANT METAL CAP,BLADE LEADING EDGE Cause
- 88/C/55 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS CORRODED/CORROSION Cause
- 88/C/BL C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DETERIORATED Cause
- 68/C/D6 C PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause
- 64/B/16 B PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
- 88/K/07 K MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES Joint factor
- 88/L/49 L MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS SEPARATION IN FLIGHT
- 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 1320.
Source file
NTSB_1972_3_1320.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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