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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event DEN67D0111

1966-09-18 RIVERTON, Wyoming, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N88661

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER J3C-65

Engine

CONT MOTOR A&C65 SERIES (65 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19580218

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AC3763

Registrant of record

PORTER STEVEN H

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N88661 Piper J-3 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 J-3 · N88661

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

B0

Operator type

D

Airport

RIVERTON MUNI

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Total time

410 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

57

Age

54

Investigator remarks

AIRCRAFT STRUCK BATTERY CART ON RAMP.

Cause factors

64/A/15 A
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action

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 2631. Source file NTSB_1966_3_2631.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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