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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MIA77FLA09

1976-12-08 PENSACOLA, Florida, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N1521H

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 177RG

Year of manufacture

1975 · 1 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING IO-360-A1B6D (200 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19750324

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A0D420

Registrant of record

HOPKINS JOHN C JR

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 177RG · N1521H

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

FERGUSON

Kind of flying

A3

Weather at impact

Sky

SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET

Wind

350° / 13 kt

Temp

44° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000698

Total time

790 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

225

Age

27

Cause factors

  • 68/A/D6 A
    PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 70/A/CE A
    AIRFRAME NOSEWHEEL ASSEMBLIES Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 75/A/BD A
    SYSTEMS RESERVOIR,LINES,FITTINGS Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/A/AJ A
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS LEAK/LEAKAGE Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/J/91 J
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS TOUCH AND GO LANDING 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 4063. Source file NTSB_1976_3_4063.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.