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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW69F0306

1968-11-23 ALEXANDRIA, Louisiana, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N8092S

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

SKY RANGER SKY RANGER 1

Year of manufacture

2007

Engine

ROTAX 912UL SERIES (80 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20071029

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AB05FB

Registrant of record

WAIDE STEPHEN W

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N8092S Cessna 150F 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

CESSNA 150F · N8092S

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

Part 91 (general aviation)

Airport

ENGLAND AFB

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

50° F

Aircraft history

Total time

1,389 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

54

Age

23

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ED BETWEEN LIGHTED RNWY AND TAXIWAY.

Investigator remarks

LOSS OF INST LIGHTS AND RADIO CONFUSED PLT. LAND

Cause factors

75/C/AI C
SYSTEMS REGULATOR Cause
88/C/95 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause
88/C/33 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ELECTRICAL FAILURE Cause
64/B/03 B
PILOT IN COMMAND BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED
88/B/13 B
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS NOT ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY/INTENDED LANDING AREA

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 4035. Source file NTSB_1968_3_4035.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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