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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI77FEP61

1977-09-18 WEST BEND, Wisconsin, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N1TA

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 172L

Year of manufacture

1972 · 5 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19720222

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A001AC

Registrant of record

JUSTINE LORRAINE F

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N1TA Cessna 172L 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 172L · N1TA

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D0

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

WEST BEND MUN

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

BROKEN

Aircraft history

Serial number

000017260453

Total time

2,985 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

80

Age

32

Investigator remarks

LD IN CORNFIELD

Cause factors

68/C/D0 C
PERSONNEL IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) Cause
74/C/DB C
POWERPLANT LINES,HOSES,FITTING Cause
88/C/29 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPERLY SECURED Cause
88/C/81 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OIL EXHAUSTION-ENGINE LUBRICATION SYSTEM Cause
83/B/D B
TERRAIN HIGH VEGETATION

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 3147. Source file NTSB_1977_3_3147.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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