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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MKC81FCQ34

1981-05-23 NEWTON, Kansas, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N45354 Cessna 177RG Minor

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 · N45354

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

NEWTON CITY CO

Kind of flying

DB

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Wind

160° / 10 kt

Temp

70° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000177RG1110

Total time

1,328 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

850

Age

24

Investigator remarks

OIL SUMP DRAIN PLUG WAS MISSING AFTER ACCIDENT.

Cause factors

68/C/D0 C
PERSONNEL IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) Cause
74/C/DH C
POWERPLANT MAGNETIC PLUGS Cause
88/C/90 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MISSING Cause
88/C/97 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OIL 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 1252. Source file NTSB_1981_3_1252.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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