NTSB CAROL · Event
Event IAD77FIG27
Registry · N2029Y
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CESSNA 172C
Year of manufacture
1962 · 15 years old at event
Engine
CONT MOTOR 0-300 SER (145 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19620813
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A19D1B
Registrant of record
MCGINNIS BRIAN M
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 172C · N2029Y
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
C4
Operator type
Part 91 (general aviation)
Airport
KENTMOOR
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
130° / 7 kt
Temp
95° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000172-49529
Total time
1,355 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
220
Age
49
Investigator remarks
HIT POLE SUPPORTING SIGN.
Cause factors
- 64/A/29 A PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/06 A PILOT IN COMMAND DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 82/J/W J WEATHER HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE Joint cause
- 88/J/DH J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY 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 1744.
Source file
NTSB_1977_3_1744.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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