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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MIA77DLD65

1977-06-11 ZELLWOOD, Florida, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N3705L

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 172G

Year of manufacture

1965 · 12 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR 0-300 SER (145 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19651112

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A436DD

Registrant of record

RED FIVE AVIATION LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N3705L Cessna 172G Minor

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 172G · N3705L

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

D

Airport

ZELLWOOD ORANGE

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET

Wind

090° / 5 kt

Temp

90° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000017253874

Total time

1,185 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

86

Age

45

Investigator remarks

LANDED IN PLOWED FIELD NEXT TO GRASS STRIP.

Cause factors

64/A/35 A
PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN Cause — pilot/personnel action
83/J/F J
TERRAIN ROUGH/UNEVEN 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 2399. Source file NTSB_1977_3_2399.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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