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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI66D0173

1965-08-12 TROY, Michigan, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N8722D

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-22-160

Year of manufacture

1958 · 7 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19580117

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AC0066

Registrant of record

WIRTHLIN DONALD K

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N8722D Piper PA-22 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

PIPER PA-22 · N8722D

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Night

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EB

Operator type

D

Airport

BERZ

Kind of flying

B2

Weather at impact

Sky

BROKEN

Wind

230° / 10 kt

Temp

70° F

Aircraft history

Total time

1,659 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

120

Age

38

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 2202. Source file NTSB_1965_3_2202.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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