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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW66D0368

1965-10-20 LEVELLAND, Texas, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N6261W

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-28-140

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19640826

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A82F17

Registrant of record

STAR 1 LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N6261W 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 · N6261W

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

LEVELLAND

Kind of flying

A1

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

030° / 15 kt

Temp

75° F

Aircraft history

Total time

689 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

18

Age

38

Investigator remarks

CROSSWIND OF 15 KNOTS.

Cause factors

64/C/28 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS Cause

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 3135. Source file NTSB_1965_3_3135.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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