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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MKC78DER25

1978-01-23 CROOKSTON, Minnesota, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N73946

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 172N

Year of manufacture

1976 · 2 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19760922

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A9EF7D

Registrant of record

CARASTRO ENTERPRISES LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N73946 Cessna 172N 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 172N · N73946

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

CROOKSTON,MN

Kind of flying

A1

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000172-67761

Total time

467 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

19

Age

30

Cause factors

64/C/79 C
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause
80/L/BC L
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES SNOW ON RUNWAY
80/L/BD L
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES SNOW WINDROWS
88/L/91 L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS TOUCH AND GO LANDING

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 1072. Source file NTSB_1978_3_1072.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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