NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MKC79FA017
Registry · N77PM
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
PIPER PA-28R-201T
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19770131
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AA67FF
Registrant of record
SOKRISPYMEDIA 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 421A · N77PM
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
ED
Operator type
Business
Airport
KANSAS CITY DOWNT
Kind of flying
B2
Weather at impact
Sky
OBSCURATION
Wind
050° / 8 kt
Temp
43° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
0000421A0129
Total time
5,467 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
16,000
Age
61
Cause factors
- 64/A/26 A PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IFR OPERATION Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 82/J/A J WEATHER LOW CEILING Joint cause
- 82/J/C J WEATHER FOG Joint cause
- 82/J/I J WEATHER WIND SHEAR 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 0879.
Source file
NTSB_1979_3_0879.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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