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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MKC72FER34

1971-12-18 WALKER, Minnesota, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N3599S

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 172E

Year of manufacture

1963 · 8 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR 0-300 SER (145 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19631029

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A409E0

Registrant of record

RICHNER DENNIS M

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N3599S Cessna 172E None

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 172E · N3599S

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EJ

Operator type

Part 91 (general aviation)

Airport

WALKER

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Aircraft history

Serial number

000017250799

Total time

1,852 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

69

Age

31

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

OARND,HIT SNWBNK,NSD OVER.

Investigator remarks

LNDD BYD FIRST 1/3 OF RWY,COULD NOT STOP,ATMTD G

Cause factors

64/A/46 A
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action
64/A/07 A
PILOT IN COMMAND DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND Cause — pilot/personnel action
80/J/BC J
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES SNOW ON RUNWAY Joint cause
80/J/BD J
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES SNOW WINDROWS 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 4116. Source file NTSB_1971_3_4116.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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