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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event DEN76FTM43

1976-08-07 CEDAR CITY, Utah, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N5285H

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 172M

Year of manufacture

1975 · 1 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING O-360-A4M (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20240327

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A6A9B5

Registrant of record

CHILD CRIS

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N5285H Cessna 172M 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 172M · N5285H

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

D

Airport

CEDAR CITY MUNI

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

220° / 20 kt

Temp

85° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000017265395

Total time

802 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

498

Age

33

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

DENT PILOT,IN LEFT SEAT. GUSTING TO 25K.

Investigator remarks

PILOT IN COMMAND SEATED IN RIGHT SEAT. PAX,A STU

Cause factors

64/C/25 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER LEVEL OFF Cause
64/B/28 B
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS
64/B/79 B
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL
82/L/H L
WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS

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 2112. Source file NTSB_1976_3_2112.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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