NTSB CAROL · Event
Event OAK75AP015
Registry · N51178
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CESSNA 172P
Year of manufacture
1980
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19810612
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A66894
Registrant of record
TUSSEY MOUNTAIN FLYING CLUB LLC
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 150J · N51178
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
DC
Operator type
Part 91 (general aviation)
Airport
KNEELAND
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
OVERCAST
Wind
320° / 5 kt
Temp
50° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000015069819
Total time
2,297 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
72
Age
19
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
YON.SUSPECT PWR LOSS,CARB ICE.RECOVERED 10/21/74.
Investigator remarks
ACFT CRASHED WHILE CLIMBING UPSLOPE IN BLIND CAN
Cause factors
- 64/A/04 A PILOT IN COMMAND CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/J/29 J PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Joint cause
- 64/J/21 J PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS Joint cause
- 88/J/02 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ANTI-ICING/DEICING EQUIPMENT-IMPROPER OPERATION OF/OR FAILED TO USE Joint cause
- 82/J/A J WEATHER LOW CEILING Joint cause
- 82/J/G J WEATHER CONDITIONS CONDUCIVE TO CARB./INDUCTION SYSTEM ICING Joint cause
- 88/J/20 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FLEW INTO BLIND CANYON Joint cause
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 3318.
Source file
NTSB_1974_3_3318.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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