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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event SEA79DYE49

1979-09-22 BELLINGHAM, Washington, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N6417K

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA R172K

Engine

CONT MOTOR IO-360 SER (300 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19761020

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A86C49

Registrant of record

VARO-REAL INVESTMENTS INC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N6417K Cessna R172K 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 R172K · N6417K

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

D

Airport

RAAB

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET

Temp

62° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000R172-2044

Total time

740 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

2,742

Age

27

Investigator remarks

DOG ON RWY.

Cause factors

64/C/25 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER LEVEL OFF Cause
64/B/62 B
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING
84/B/3 B
MISCELLANEOUS ANIMAL(S) ON RUNWAY/TAXIWAY/RAMP
80/K/BF K
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES SOFT SHOULDERS 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 2451. Source file NTSB_1979_3_2451.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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