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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW66F0080

1965-05-23 PEARSALL, Texas, United States Serious 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N7366D

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 172N

Year of manufacture

1979

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19790815

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A9E483

Registrant of record

MH AVIATION INC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N7366D Piper PA18A Serious

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 PA18A · N7366D

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

DH

Operator type

Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)

Airport

MC KINLEY FIELD

Kind of flying

CA

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Wind

090° / 6 kt

Temp

70° F

Aircraft history

Total time

2,466 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

DA (DA)

Total hours

7,000

Age

43

Investigator remarks

PILOT FLEW TOO CLOSE BEHIND SECOND DUSTER ACFT

Cause factors

84/A/1 A
MISCELLANEOUS VORTEX TURBULENCE 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 2 0376. Source file NTSB_1965_2_0376.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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