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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MKC77FCG11

1977-01-25 GARNETT, Kansas, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N1917Q

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 177RG

Year of manufacture

1972 · 5 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING IO-360-A1B6D (200 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19721219

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A16F3E

Registrant of record

MEESTER MARK L

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N1917Q Cessna 177RG 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 177RG · N1917Q

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

GARNETT

Kind of flying

A1

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

200° / — kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

000177RG0317

Total time

1,123 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

61

Age

27

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ORT PINION TO RIGHT MAIN GEAR WAS SHEARED

Investigator remarks

BOLT THAT TRANSMITS TORQUE FROM SECTOR GEAR SUPP

Cause factors

70/A/CM A
AIRFRAME GEAR LOCKING MECHANISM Cause — pilot/personnel action
88/A/95 A
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE 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 0108. Source file NTSB_1977_3_0108.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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