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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MKC80DCG05

1979-12-06 LEE'S SUMMIT, Missouri, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N24547

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 172R

Year of manufacture

1999

Engine

LYCOMING I0360 SER A&C (200 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19991108

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A24596

Registrant of record

GRYPHON AVIATION INC

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 152 · N24547

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

Part 121 (air carrier)

Airport

LEE'S SUMMIT

Kind of flying

A1

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

230° / 10 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

000015280326

Total time

126 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

29

Age

27

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

CHDWN & ACFT LANDED HARD ON 2ND TOUCHDWN.

Investigator remarks

PLT STATED-WND GUST LIFT ACFT OFF AFTER LNDG TOU

Cause factors

  • 64/C/28 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS Cause
  • 64/C/25 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER LEVEL OFF Cause
  • 88/L/91 L
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS TOUCH AND GO LANDING
  • 88/K/94 K
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE 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 2715. Source file NTSB_1979_3_2715.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.