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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC80FNA01

1979-10-11 SO.WEYMOUTH, Massachusetts, United States None 2 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N15138

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 172E

Year of manufacture

1967 · 12 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR IO-360 SER (300 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19760603

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A0D0C8

Registrant of record

LONE STAR FLIGHT MUSEUM

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

CESSNA 172E · N15138

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

L

Airport

NAVY SO.WEYMOUTH

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

270° / 10 kt

Temp

50° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000000G-299

Total time

4,140 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

120

Age

34

Cause factors

64/A/16 A
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action
64/A/24 A
PILOT IN COMMAND PREMATURE LIFT-OFF Cause — pilot/personnel action

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 3558. Source file NTSB_1979_3_3558.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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