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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI78FEP28

1978-03-21 DODGEVILLE, Wisconsin, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N2011Q

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 177RG

Engine

LYCOMING IO-360-A1B6D (200 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19730913

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A19844

Registrant of record

MANZO MARIO A

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N2011Q Cessna 177RG 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 177RG · N2011Q

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

E

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

Part 91 (general aviation)

Airport

DODGEVILLE MUNI

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000177RG0411

Total time

1,903 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

327

Age

28

Cause factors

68/A/D6 A
PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause — pilot/personnel action
70/A/CM A
AIRFRAME GEAR LOCKING MECHANISM Cause — pilot/personnel action
88/A/AH A
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS PREVIOUS DAMAGE Cause — pilot/personnel action
88/A/95 A
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause — pilot/personnel action

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 0929. Source file NTSB_1978_3_0929.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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