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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC80FGM05

1979-10-30 JEANNETTE, Pennsylvania, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

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

CESSNA 152 · N757FN

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

E

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

C0

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

BOQUET AIRPARK

Kind of flying

A0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000015279706

Total time

1,150 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

910

Age

54

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

.PLT RPTD MAX RPM AT TKOF 1800,SHOULD BE APPX 2200

Investigator remarks

ENG THROTTLE HANDLE FOUND BENT 2IN FWD HAND KNOB

Cause factors

  • 64/C/30 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT Cause
  • 64/B/06 B
    PILOT IN COMMAND DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF
  • 74/L/I0 L
    POWERPLANT THROTTLE-POWER LEVER ASSEMBLIES
  • 88/L/AZ L
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS BENT
  • 88/L/BA L
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS BINDING

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 3603. Source file NTSB_1979_3_3603.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.