NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MKC78FCG11
Registry · N2860X
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
S C AEROSTAR S A YAK-52TW
Year of manufacture
2001
Engine
AMA/EXPR UNKNOWN ENG
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20020124
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A2E6B3
Registrant of record
JUNG HOLGER
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
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 · N2860X
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EJ
Operator type
Personal/private
Airport
JOHNSON CTY EXEC
Kind of flying
B2
Weather at impact
Sky
OVERCAST
Wind
300° / 18 kt
Aircraft history
Serial number
000017700260
Total time
2,343 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
161
Age
47
Investigator remarks
GUSTS 25KTS.
Cause factors
- 64/A/28 A PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/07 A PILOT IN COMMAND DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/16 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 82/J/H J WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS 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 3546.
Source file
NTSB_1977_3_3546.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
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