NTSB CAROL · Event
Event CHI72FEC10
Registry · N8237G
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CESSNA 177RG
Year of manufacture
1971 · 0 years old at event
Engine
LYCOMING IO-360-A1B6D (200 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19710616
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AB3F54
Registrant of record
N8237G LLC
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
Aircraft involved
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 177 RG · N8237G
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
DC
Operator type
Part 91 (general aviation)
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
280° / 7 kt
Aircraft history
Serial number
000177RG0137
Total time
137 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
1,000
Age
49
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
EA.
Investigator remarks
PLT ORIGINALLY PLANNED REFUEL STOP IN DETROIT AR
Cause factors
- 64/C/32 C PILOT IN COMMAND MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL Cause
- 88/C/23 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MISCALCULATED FUEL CONSUMPTION Cause
- 88/C/63 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL EXHAUSTION 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 1937.
Source file
NTSB_1971_3_1937.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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