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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event OAK78DVG38

1978-05-13 DAVIS, California, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N19110

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 150L

Year of manufacture

1972 · 6 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR 0-200 SERIES (100 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19721212

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A16E76

Registrant of record

KILLEBREW EDWARD L

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N19110 Cessna 150L 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 150L · N19110

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

C0

Operator type

Part 91 (general aviation)

Airport

UNIVERSITY

Kind of flying

A1

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000015074175

Total time

3,899 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

21

Age

24

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

KEOFF.

Investigator remarks

PILOT SAID HE ENCOUNTERED STRONG WIND GUST ON TA

Cause factors

64/A/28 A
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
82/J/H J
WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS Joint cause
80/J/BF J
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES SOFT SHOULDERS Joint cause
88/J/91 J
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS TOUCH AND GO LANDING 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 0645. Source file NTSB_1978_3_0645.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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