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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI79FEP16

1978-12-22 DODGEVILLE, Wisconsin, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N78428

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 172K

Year of manufacture

1968 · 10 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING O-320-E2D (150 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20181204

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AAA221

Registrant of record

CYPHER ANNE K

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N78428 Cessna 172K 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 172K · N78428

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EB

Operator type

D

Airport

DODGEVILLE MUNI

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Wind

300° / 20 kt

Temp

29° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000017257612

Total time

1,680 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

30

Age

51

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

OF RY. FLT NOT AUTHZD BY FLT INSTRUCTOR.

Investigator remarks

COLLIDED WITH SIGN TO LEFT SIDE OF APPROACH END

Cause factors

64/C/48 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE Cause
64/L/02 L
PILOT IN COMMAND ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL
64/L/03 L
PILOT IN COMMAND BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED
88/L/26 L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS STOLEN OR UNAUTHORIZED USE OF AIRCRAFT

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 3794. Source file NTSB_1978_3_3794.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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