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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event SEA78DYM20

1978-03-13 AURORA, Oregon, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N6699G

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 150L

Year of manufacture

1970 · 8 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR 0-200 SERIES (100 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19700915

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A8D942

Registrant of record

BAILEY MATTHEW T

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N6699G 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 · N6699G

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

C0

Operator type

Part 91 (general aviation)

Airport

AURORA

Kind of flying

A3

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000015072199

Total time

3,428 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

17

Age

54

Cause factors

64/C/22 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS Cause
64/B/81 B
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF
80/K/BF K
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES SOFT SHOULDERS Joint factor

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 0508. Source file NTSB_1978_3_0508.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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