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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MKC79FCG29

1979-02-16 KANSAS CITY, Kansas, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N2074Q

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 177RG

Engine

LYCOMING IO-360-A1B6D (200 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19740129

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A1AEF7

Registrant of record

STUZENSKI PATRICK E

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N2074Q Cessna 177RG 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 177RG · N2074Q

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D2

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

FAIRFAX

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

00177-RG0474

Total time

1,880 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

182

Age

29

Investigator remarks

3 1/2GAL FUEL IN L TANK,1/2GAL IN R TANK.

Cause factors

64/C/32 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL Cause
88/C/23 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MISCALCULATED FUEL CONSUMPTION Cause
88/C/96 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION 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 0223. Source file NTSB_1979_3_0223.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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