NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MKC76FER39
Registry · N9537Q
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CESSNA 172R
Year of manufacture
1998
Engine
LYCOMING I0360 SER (180 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19980428
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AD4328
Registrant of record
BOEING EMPOLYEES FLYING ASSN
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
BEECH A65 · N9537Q
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EB
Operator type
Business
Airport
HIBBING-CHISHOLM
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
Temp
47° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000LC-217
Total time
1,073 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
575
Age
51
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
NOT FOUND. PROPER ENG OPERN WITH NEW INJECTOR.
Investigator remarks
THE ENG FUEL INJECTOR WAS REMOVED FM THE ENG AND
Cause factors
- 74/C/KA C POWERPLANT POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS Cause
- 64/B/23 B PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS
- 64/B/16 B PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
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 4172.
Source file
NTSB_1975_3_4172.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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