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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI67D0019

1966-05-23 LAKE VILLAGE, Indiana, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N9605D

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-22-160

Year of manufacture

1958 · 8 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19581219

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AD5F31

Registrant of record

DIRTY SIDE DOWN LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N9605D 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 · N9605D

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EB

Operator type

D

Airport

LAKE VILLAGE

Kind of flying

B1

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

180° / 25 kt

Temp

78° F

Aircraft history

Total time

520 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

17

Age

32

Investigator remarks

STUDENT NOT AUTHORIZED TO SOLO.

Cause factors

64/C/48 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE Cause
64/C/02 C
PILOT IN COMMAND ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL Cause
88/K/94 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE 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 1463. Source file NTSB_1966_3_1463.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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