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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW77DQD26

1977-08-22 PECOS, Texas, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N34760

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 177B

Year of manufacture

1973 · 4 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19730911

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A3DA92

Registrant of record

ABRAHAMSON ALLEN G

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N34760 Cessna 177B 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 177B · N34760

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EJ

Operator type

Part 91 (general aviation)

Airport

PECOS MUNI

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

135° / 5 kt

Temp

80° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000017701986

Total time

1,360 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

967

Age

27

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

VER.BOUNCED.

Investigator remarks

COVER OVER OIL FILLER CAME OPEN.LNDD TO CLOSE CO

Cause factors

64/A/25 A
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER LEVEL OFF Cause — pilot/personnel action
64/A/62 A
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING Cause — pilot/personnel action
64/A/07 A
PILOT IN COMMAND DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND Cause — pilot/personnel action
88/J/62 J
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS PILOT FATIGUE 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 1713. Source file NTSB_1977_3_1713.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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