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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MKC78FCQ01

1977-10-08 STAFFORD, Kansas, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N757ZT

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 152

Year of manufacture

1977 · 0 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES (115 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19770809

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AA365B

Registrant of record

RIYA AVIATION LLC

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 152 · N757ZT

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D8

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

STAFFORD MUNI

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000015280140

Total time

138 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

78

Age

18

Cause factors

  • 64/A/33 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/A/53 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED ALTITUDE Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/A/14 A
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING Cause — pilot/personnel action

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 2923. Source file NTSB_1977_3_2923.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.