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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event DEN67D0192

1966-12-23 ETNA, Wyoming, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N9301J

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-28-180

Year of manufacture

1966 · 0 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19660606

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S ACE82D

Registrant of record

N9301J LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N9301J Piper PA-28 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-28 · N9301J

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

Business

Airport

CLINGER@S FLYING

Kind of flying

B2

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Total time

176 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

167

Age

28

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

RING WINTER MONTHS. L.WHEEL BROKE THRU SNOW CRUST.

Investigator remarks

AIRMANS INFO.MANUAL ADVISES AIRPORT IS CLOSED DU

Cause factors

64/C/29 C
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
64/C/35 C
PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN Cause
88/J/AP J
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS RUNWAY CLOSED Joint 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 4042. Source file NTSB_1966_3_4042.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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