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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event DEN77FTC31

1977-09-23 CHEYENNE, Wyoming, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N704CY

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 150M

Year of manufacture

1976 · 1 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR 0-200 SERIES (100 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19760818

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A963B3

Registrant of record

KIMBREL MICHAEL R

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N704CY Cessna 150M 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 150M · N704CY

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

B1

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

CHEYENNE MUNI

Kind of flying

B2

Weather at impact

Sky

SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET

Wind

280° / 31 kt

Temp

54° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000015078577

Total time

597 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

83

Age

34

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

0 ASSIST ACFT.PLT NOT AWARE OF PROCEDURE.

Investigator remarks

WIND GUSTING 49K.OPER PERSONNEL NOT DISPATCHED T

Cause factors

64/A/38 A
PILOT IN COMMAND TAXIED/PARKED WITHOUT PROPER ASSISTANCE Cause — pilot/personnel action
82/A/H A
WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
68/J/E4 J
PERSONNEL FAILURE TO PROVIDE ADEQ.DIRECTIVES,MANUAL,EQUIPMENT 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 3247. Source file NTSB_1977_3_3247.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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