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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MKC79FCG36

1979-04-07 KANSAS CITY, Missouri, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N53080

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 177RG

Year of manufacture

1978 · 1 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING IO-360-A1B6D (200 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19780406

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A6B3F6

Registrant of record

ISAACS CHRISTOPHER W

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N53080 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 · N53080

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

Part 121 (air carrier)

Airport

KANSAS CITY INTER

Kind of flying

A0

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Wind

190° / 27 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

000177RG1340

Total time

190 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

1,987

Age

33

Cause factors

64/A/39 A
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO ASSURE THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED 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 0459. Source file NTSB_1979_3_0459.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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