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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI77DEP56

1977-08-21 DODGEVILLE, Wisconsin, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N5240R

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 172M

Year of manufacture

1974 · 3 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19740624

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A69A32

Registrant of record

RICO AVIATION SERVICES INC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N5240R 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 · N5240R

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

Part 91 (general aviation)

Airport

DODGEVILLE

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Wind

250° / 9 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

000017263454

Total time

1,819 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

88

Age

23

Cause factors

64/C/46 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED Cause
88/L/AQ L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DOWNWIND

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 3282. Source file NTSB_1977_3_3282.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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