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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC79FHA16

1979-07-01 SLATINGTON, Pennsylvania, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N8397J

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 150G

Year of manufacture

1967 · 12 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR 0-200 SERIES (100 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19670216

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AB7D1F

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N8397J Cessna 150G None

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 150G · N8397J

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

D

Airport

SLATINGTON

Kind of flying

A3

Weather at impact

Sky

BROKEN

Temp

76° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000150-66297

Total time

3,646 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

68

Age

44

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

TISFACTORY ENG RUN PERFORMED.

Investigator remarks

ENG AND ACCESSORIES BLOWN DRY. ACFT SERVICED. SA

Cause factors

74/C/KA C
POWERPLANT POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS Cause
88/K/88 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER Joint factor

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 1391. Source file NTSB_1979_3_1391.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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