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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX77FA051

1977-06-13 PEORIA, Arizona, United States Fatal 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N1243U Cessna 172M Fatal

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 · N1243U

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

Part 121 (air carrier)

Airport

GLENDALE MUNI

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

320° / 6 kt

Temp

99° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000172-66938

Total time

1,114 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

326

Age

35

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

CARB HEAT FOUND IN ON POSITION.

Investigator remarks

HIT CEMENT TRUCK. CAUTION SIGNS POSTED ON ROAD.

Cause factors

64/C/46 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED Cause
64/B/07 B
PILOT IN COMMAND DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND
64/L/21 L
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS
68/L/K5 L
PERSONNEL DRIVER OF VEHICLE
88/3/AW 3
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FEMALE PILOT Subordinate · 3

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 1946. Source file NTSB_1977_3_1946.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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