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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event DEN66D0127

1965-08-26 GOODYEAR, Arizona, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N63496

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 150M

Year of manufacture

1975

Engine

CONT MOTOR 0-200 SERIES (100 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19750925

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A8504A

Registrant of record

PIERCE MATTHEW F

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N63496 Boeing A-75N1 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

BOEING A-75N1 · N63496

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

DK

Operator type

Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)

Kind of flying

CA

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

105° F

Aircraft history

Total time

3,466 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

4,500

Age

30

Cause factors

88/A/87 A
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS WATER IN FUEL Cause — pilot/personnel action
64/C/29 C
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING 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 2849. Source file NTSB_1965_3_2849.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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