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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event DEN66D0192

1965-12-25 TUCSON, Arizona, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N77607

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

FAIRCHILD 24W-46

Year of manufacture

1946 · 19 years old at event

Engine

WARNER SS165 SERIES (175 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19560427

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AA81C9

Registrant of record

POTTER EVERETT A P

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

FAIRCHILD F24 · N77607

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

C0

Operator type

D

Airport

RYAN

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

65° F

Aircraft history

Total time

1,398 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

314

Age

48

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

IN CONVENTIONAL GEAR TYPE AIRCRAFT.

Investigator remarks

PILOT FAILED TO OBTAIN ADEQUATE DUAL INSTRUCTION

Cause factors

  • 64/C/22 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS Cause
  • 64/L/33 L
    PILOT IN COMMAND EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT

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 3727. Source file NTSB_1965_3_3727.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.