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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event DEN67F0024

1966-07-05 DELTA, Utah, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N3326G

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

NORTH AMERICAN AT-6D

Year of manufacture

1943 · 23 years old at event

Engine

P&W R1340 SERIES (600 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19701027

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A3A06E

Registrant of record

SHELTON GREG N TRUSTEE

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N3326G N AMERICAN AT-6 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

N AMERICAN AT-6 · N3326G

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

D

Airport

DELTA MUNICIPAL

Kind of flying

B2

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

240° / 4 kt

Temp

90° F

Aircraft history

Total time

5,957 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

1,096

Age

43

Cause factors

64/C/22 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS 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 1833. Source file NTSB_1966_3_1833.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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