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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MKC81FCA03

1980-10-24 WEST PLAINS, Missouri, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N3236L

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 172H

Year of manufacture

1967 · 13 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR 0-300 SER (145 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19670504

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A37CAA

Registrant of record

MARTIN ALAN K

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N3236L Cessna 172H 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 172H · N3236L

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EB

Operator type

D

Airport

WEST PLAINS MUNI

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

320° / 10 kt

Temp

40° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000172-56136

Total time

1,593 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

406

Age

42

Cause factors

64/C/48 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE 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 2645. Source file NTSB_1980_3_2645.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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