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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MKC73DCG31

1972-12-24 QUEEN CITY, Missouri, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N2817U

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 172D

Year of manufacture

1963 · 9 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR 0-300 SER (145 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19630610

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A2D512

Registrant of record

AERO VENTURES INC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N2817U Cessna 172D 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 172D · N2817U

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

B1

Operator type

D

Airport

SCHUYLER COUNTY

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000027910D3D

Total time

1,145 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

426

Age

62

Investigator remarks

TAIL SECTION HIT FENCE DRG TURN.

Cause factors

64/A/54 A
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED CLEARANCE 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 3699. Source file NTSB_1972_3_3699.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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