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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event SEA71DWG16

1970-09-09 EASTON, Washington, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N3902J

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 150G

Year of manufacture

1966 · 4 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR 0-200 SERIES (100 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19661011

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A48570

Registrant of record

ULTIMATE AVIATION LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N3902J 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 · N3902J

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

EASTON STATE

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

72° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000015065202

Total time

2,732 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

120

Age

25

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

1/2 WAY DWN RWY.CONTD TO LND,OVERRAN,HIT LOG.

Investigator remarks

ENG-OUT APCH.ENG RESTARTED PRIOR TO TCHDWN APRX

Cause factors

74/C/KA C
POWERPLANT POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS Cause
64/B/46 B
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED

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 4010. Source file NTSB_1970_3_4010.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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