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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MKC77FCG17

1977-03-23 OLATHE, Kansas, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N704FX

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 150M

Year of manufacture

1976 · 1 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR 0-200 SERIES (100 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A963FD

Registrant of record

KLINGENBERG ALICE RUTH

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N704FX Cessna 150M 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 150M · N704FX

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

JOHNSON COUNTY

Kind of flying

A3

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

070° / 12 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

000150-78586

Total time

270 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

14

Age

42

Investigator remarks

STUDENT PILOT UNABLE TO STOP SKID ACROSS RWY.

Cause factors

64/C/23 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS Cause
64/C/28 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS 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 0400. Source file NTSB_1977_3_0400.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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