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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI77FEC18

1977-02-23 MONROE, Michigan, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N494C

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

AEROSCOUT HISTORY PRSERV ORGAN AHP058C

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A61F26

Registrant of record

AEROSCOUT HISTORY PRESERVATION ORGANIZATION INC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N494C Meyers 200A 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

MEYERS 200A · N494C

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

C0

Operator type

D

Airport

MONROE CUSTER

Kind of flying

A0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

45° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000258

Total time

3,297 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

4,121

Age

28

Cause factors

66/C/22 C
DUAL STUDENT Cause
66/C/06 C
DUAL STUDENT Cause
64/C/30 C
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT Cause
80/L/BA L
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES WET 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 2239. Source file NTSB_1977_3_2239.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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