NTSB CAROL · Event
Event UNK64X4130
Registry · N7397M
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CESSNA 175
Year of manufacture
1958 · 6 years old at event
Engine
CONT MOTOR GO-300 SERIES (175 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19581022
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A9EFD3
Registrant of record
BUCK MARK E
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 175 · N7397M
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
D
Airport
BLACKFOOT
Kind of flying
B2
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Total time
932 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
909
Age
55
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
PREVIOUS DAMAGE.
Investigator remarks
NOSE WHEEL FORK CRACKED OVER HALF WAY THROUGH BY
Cause factors
- 70/A/CE A AIRFRAME NOSEWHEEL ASSEMBLIES Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/36 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FATIGUE FRACTURE Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 68/A/D1 A PERSONNEL IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (OWNER PERSONNEL) Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 68/A/D5 A PERSONNEL INADEQUATE INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT (OWNER-PILOT) Cause — pilot/personnel action
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 3010.
Source file
NTSB_1964_3_3010.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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