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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MKC77FCQ34

1977-05-12 BENTON, Kansas, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N9783P

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 172P

Year of manufacture

1984

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19840905

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S ADA42C

Registrant of record

KENT STATE UNIVERSITY

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N9783P Piper PA-25 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

PIPER PA-25 · N9783P

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

D

Airport

BENTON

Kind of flying

DB

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

180° / 8 kt

Temp

78° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0025-7556076

Total time

372 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

1,877

Age

32

Investigator remarks

EXPERIENCED ENG ROUGHNESS,REDUCED PWR,STALLED.

Cause factors

74/C/KA C
POWERPLANT POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS Cause
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 1525. Source file NTSB_1977_3_1525.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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