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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MKC79DCD39

1979-08-20 COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N7521X

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 172B

Engine

CONT MOTOR 0-300 SER (145 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19601031

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AA2408

Registrant of record

WAINWRIGHT DONALD W

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N7521X Cessna 172B 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 172B · N7521X

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

COUNCIL BLUFF MUN

Kind of flying

B1

Weather at impact

Sky

BROKEN/LOWER SCATTERED

Wind

170° / 7 kt

Temp

82° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000017248021

Total time

2,273 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

59

Age

19

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ON.RAN PAST END AND NOSED OVER.

Investigator remarks

EMERGENCY LANDING ON TAXI-WAY TO PREVENT COLLISI

Cause factors

76/C/BA C
INSTRUMENTS/EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES TRANSMITTERS AND/OR RECEIVERS Cause
88/C/BX C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS GROUNDED Cause
84/C/E C
MISCELLANEOUS SMOKE IN COCKPIT Cause
83/K/F K
TERRAIN ROUGH/UNEVEN Joint factor

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 2745. Source file NTSB_1979_3_2745.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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