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DEN67D0030

1966-06-26 · ELK MOUNTAIN, Wyoming, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Current FAA registration · N45056

Make / Model
NAVAL AIRCRAFT FACTORY N3N-3
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A57542

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
NAVY N3N-3 · N45056
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)
Kind of flying
CB

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR
Wind
270° / 3 kt
Temp
45° F

Aircraft history

Total time
3,508 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
5,730
Age
32

Investigator remarks

WHEEL STRUCK A BADGER HOLE OFF RUNWAY.

Cause factors

  • 88/C/13 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS NOT ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY/INTENDED LANDING AREA Cause

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 1790. Source file NTSB_1966_3_1790.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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