NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MKC77FTK06
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
CESSNA 177 · N2273Y
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EB
Operator type
Part 91 (general aviation)
Airport
KADOKA
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
OVERCAST
Aircraft history
Serial number
000177-00073
Total time
732 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
169
Age
32
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
OFF DUE TO VISIBILITY RESTRICTION.STALLED ON FINAL
Investigator remarks
PILOT ATTEMPTING TO RETURN TO AIRPORT AFTER TAKE
Cause factors
- 64/A/16 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/40 A PILOT IN COMMAND INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/02 A PILOT IN COMMAND ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 82/J/C J WEATHER FOG Joint 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 0161.
Source file
NTSB_1977_3_0161.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
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