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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI70F0273

1969-04-09 DODGEVILLE, Wisconsin, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N2554U

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 172D

Year of manufacture

1963 · 6 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR 0-300 SER (145 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19630313

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A26D08

Registrant of record

MUSTANG OPS LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N2554U Cessna 172D Minor

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 172D · N2554U

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise climb (DB)

Operator type

Part 91 (general aviation)

Airport

GOV.DODGE-QUINN

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

240° / 15 kt

Temp

50° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000017250154

Total time

1,781 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

684

Age

43

Investigator remarks

LANDED IN SWAMP.

Cause factors

64/C/21 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS Cause
88/C/02 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ANTI-ICING/DEICING EQUIPMENT-IMPROPER OPERATION OF/OR FAILED TO USE Cause
88/C/72 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ICE-CARBURETOR Cause
82/C/G C
WEATHER CONDITIONS CONDUCIVE TO CARB./INDUCTION SYSTEM ICING Cause
83/K/A K
TERRAIN WET,SOFT GROUND 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 2884. Source file NTSB_1969_3_2884.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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