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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MKC79DER74

1979-09-21 MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N25157

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 172S

Year of manufacture

2025

Engine

LYCOMING IO-360-L2A (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20250515

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A25E5C

Registrant of record

CAREER TRACK 4 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

PIETENPOL AIRCMP · N25157

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

D

Airport

ANOKA CO-BLAINE

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

58° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000001113EHK

Total time

5 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

393

Age

67

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ED & GRANULAR.

Investigator remarks

L MAIN GEAR FAILED AT WELDED AREA.WELD CRYSTALIZ

Cause factors

  • 70/C/CA C
    AIRFRAME MAIN GEAR-SHOCK ABSORBING ASSY,STRUTS,ATTACHMENTS,ETC. Cause
  • 88/C/95 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause
  • 88/C/AG C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS POOR WELD 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 2737. Source file NTSB_1979_3_2737.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.