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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW66D0311

1965-09-16 SLIDELL, Louisiana, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N7187Z

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-18-150

Engine

LYCOMING O-360 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20020404

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A99D2A

Registrant of record

FLIGHT TECH LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N7187Z Piper PA-18 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-18 · N7187Z

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

D

Airport

SLIDELL

Kind of flying

DD

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

180° / 12 kt

Temp

85° F

Aircraft history

Total time

55 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

17,478

Age

40

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ORT FOR MAINTENANCE.

Investigator remarks

FLOAT-EQUIPPED AIRCRAFT PURPOSELY LANDED ON AIRP

Cause factors

64/A/25 A
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER LEVEL OFF 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 2681. Source file NTSB_1965_3_2681.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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