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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event OAK77FVG14

1976-11-30 AUBURN, California, United States Serious 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N21754

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 172M

Year of manufacture

1974 · 2 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19740924

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A1D6A7

Registrant of record

COUNTRYWIDE FLYERS LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N21754 Cessna 172N Serious

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 172N · N21754

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

AUBURN MUNI

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

65° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000017264005

Total time

1,379 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

203

Age

61

Investigator remarks

LEFT PWR ON DURING ROLLOUT. NO FLAP APCH.

Cause factors

64/C/46 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED Cause
64/C/82 C
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND Cause
64/L/31 L
PILOT IN COMMAND LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT
64/L/21 L
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS
64/L/71 L
PILOT IN COMMAND MISUSED OR FAILED TO USE FLAPS
88/K/DH K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY 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 3418. Source file NTSB_1976_3_3418.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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