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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW66F0150

1965-04-25 FARMERVILLE, Louisiana, United States Serious 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N46410

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 172K

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19680910

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A5AB0B

Registrant of record

VALENTINE TERENCE

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

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

FAIRCHILD PT-19 · N46410

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D8

Operator type

D

Airport

FARMERVILLE

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

87° F

Aircraft history

Total time

2,104 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

600

Age

39

Cause factors

  • 64/A/52 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/A/14 A
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/1/67 1
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT Subordinate · 1

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 0314. Source file NTSB_1965_2_0314.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.