NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MIA78DLD75
Registry · N34976
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CESSNA 177B
Year of manufacture
1974 · 4 years old at event
Engine
LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER (180 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19740802
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A3E229
Registrant of record
MUNGENAST ANDREW J 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 177 · N34976
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Night
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
B2
Operator type
D
Airport
MELBOURNE REGNL
Kind of flying
B2
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Serial number
000017702128
Total time
590 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
545
Age
40
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
-140 MINOR. MAGS LEFT ON BOTH.
Investigator remarks
CESSNA 172 N64453,PIPER 28R N9377C SUB. PIPER 28
Cause factors
- 64/A/37 A PILOT IN COMMAND STARTED ENGINE WITHOUT PROPER ASSISTANCE/EQUIPMENT Cause — pilot/personnel action
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 3082.
Source file
NTSB_1978_3_3082.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
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