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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI80DEP24

1980-04-21 WAUNAKEE, Wisconsin, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N7301G

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 172K

Year of manufacture

1970 · 10 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19700513

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A9CD8D

Registrant of record

FREEPORT FLYERS INC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N7301G 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 · N7301G

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

D

Airport

WAUNAKEE

Kind of flying

B1

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000017259001

Total time

1,572 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

39

Age

30

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

DE.

Investigator remarks

PLT STATED RWY LIGHTS DIM AND ONLY LIT ON ONE SI

Cause factors

64/C/46 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED Cause
64/B/82 B
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND
80/L/A3 L
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES RUNWAY LIGHTING
88/K/DH K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY 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 0342. Source file NTSB_1980_3_0342.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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