NTSB CAROL · Event
Event CHI73FLQ11
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 · N3357F
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
EJ
Operator type
Business
Airport
BLUE GRASS FIELD
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Serial number
000017700601
Total time
737 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
89
Age
43
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
ON RWY 8 PULLED UP.
Investigator remarks
VECTORED TO RWY 4.APCHED RWY 8. WHEN CLRD TO LND
Cause factors
- 64/A/16 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/23 A PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/27 A PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 82/J/C J WEATHER FOG Joint cause
- 88/J/21 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS PREMATURE FLAP RETRACTION Joint cause
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 2624.
Source file
NTSB_1972_3_2624.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
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