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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MIA78DKJ31

1978-04-09 ALABASTER, Alabama, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N13484

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 177B

Year of manufacture

1976 · 2 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19760223

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A08D9A

Registrant of record

AERO-FLITE CORP

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 · N13484

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

SHELBY COUNTY

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET

Wind

190° / 5 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

000017702426

Total time

384 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

104

Age

35

Investigator remarks

PAX PUSHED CTLS FORWARD CAUSING PORPOISE.

Cause factors

  • 64/C/62 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING Cause
  • 68/C/K4 C
    PERSONNEL PASSENGER Cause
  • 88/C/77 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS INTERFERENCE WITH FLIGHT CONTROLS Cause
  • 88/K/94 K
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Joint factor

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 1580. Source file NTSB_1978_3_1580.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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