NTSB CAROL · Event
Event CHI81FEG12
Registry · N20277
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
RHODES MICHAEL BOWERS FLYBABY 1A
Year of manufacture
2002
Engine
CONT MOTOR A&C65 SERIES (65 hp)
Seats / Engines
1 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20021009
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A19CDE
Registrant of record
RHODES MICHAEL J
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
Aircraft involved
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 177B · N20277
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
Part 121 (air carrier)
Airport
LUNKEN
Kind of flying
A3
Weather at impact
Sky
UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
Wind
310° / 10 kt
Temp
79° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000017702654
Total time
3,225 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
97
Age
28
Cause factors
- 64/A/25 A PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER LEVEL OFF Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/J/31 J PILOT IN COMMAND LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT Joint cause
- 82/J/H J WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS Joint cause
- 88/J/91 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS TOUCH AND GO LANDING Joint cause
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 0952.
Source file
NTSB_1981_3_0952.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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