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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI77FEV34

1977-07-09 RIVERTON, Illinois, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N70057

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

STINSON VULTEE V-77

Year of manufacture

1943 · 34 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING R680E SERIES (300 hp)

Seats / Engines

3 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19551223

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A957B5

Registrant of record

HOFFPAUIR AMANDA EVE

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N70057 Stinson V-77 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

STINSON V-77 · N70057

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

D

Airport

STANTON RLA

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

030° / 8 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

00000077-127

Total time

896 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

3,200

Age

52

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

T WHEN ACFT LANDED.

Investigator remarks

WIND GUSTING TO 15. RIGHT MAIN GEAR TIRE WAS FLA

Cause factors

64/C/22 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS Cause
70/K/CF K
AIRFRAME WHEELS,TIRES,AXLES Joint factor
88/K/CM K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS PRESSURE,NONE Joint factor

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 2603. Source file NTSB_1977_3_2603.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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