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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW69F0104

1968-07-16 LAKEVIEW, Arkansas, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N6596U

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

MOONEY M20C

Year of manufacture

1962 · 6 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19621229

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A8B166

Registrant of record

LIPPER CHARLES S PERS REP

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N6596U Mooney M20C Minor

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

MOONEY M20C · N6596U

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

D

Airport

GASTON

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

225° / 15 kt

Aircraft history

Total time

608 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

1,200

Age

41

Investigator remarks

HEADWIND 15 KNOTS GUSTING TO 20 KNOTS.

Cause factors

64/A/25 A
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER LEVEL OFF Cause — pilot/personnel action
82/J/H J
WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS Joint 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 2352. Source file NTSB_1968_3_2352.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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