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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX73DUJ37

1972-11-11 CAREFREE, Arizona, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N2244Y

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 177

Year of manufacture

1967 · 5 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19670930

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A1F2D8

Registrant of record

HABERER MARK 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 177 · N2244Y

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EJ

Operator type

D

Airport

CAREFREE

Kind of flying

B1

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Wind

180° / 15 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

000017700044

Total time

830 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

590

Age

67

Investigator remarks

LNDD RWY6,WIND GUSTING 20MPH,LOST CTL.

Cause factors

  • 64/A/80 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/A/06 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 82/J/H J
    WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS Joint cause
  • 88/J/AQ J
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DOWNWIND 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 3044. Source file NTSB_1972_3_3044.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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