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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI75FEC45

1975-05-17 TROY, Michigan, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N20439

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 172M

Year of manufacture

1972 · 3 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19730108

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A1A3C2

Registrant of record

WILKEN VIRGINIA

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N20439 Cessna 172M 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 172M · N20439

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

BIG BEAVER

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Wind

180° / 5 kt

Temp

66° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000017261289

Total time

1,156 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

81

Age

24

Cause factors

64/C/25 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER LEVEL OFF Cause
64/B/62 B
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING
64/B/23 B
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS
88/L/DH L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY

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 1072. Source file NTSB_1975_3_1072.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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