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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event ANC78DAG95

1978-08-06 SKWENTNA, Alaska, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N7765G

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 172L

Year of manufacture

1970 · 8 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19701015

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AA825F

Registrant of record

JEFFERIES STANLEY J

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N7765G Cessna 172L 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 172L · N7765G

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

D

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET

Temp

60° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000017259465

Total time

991 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

400

Age

47

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

IN TREES.

Investigator remarks

A/C FLOAT EQUIPPED.REDUCED PWR EMER LNDG ON LAND

Cause factors

74/C/FA C
POWERPLANT BLADES Cause
88/C/36 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FATIGUE FRACTURE Cause
88/C/AH C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS PREVIOUS DAMAGE Cause
83/B/Y B
TERRAIN OTHER
88/L/49 L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS SEPARATION IN FLIGHT
88/L/CV L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS VIBRATION,EXCESSIVE

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 3055. Source file NTSB_1978_3_3055.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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