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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX66F0135

1965-10-09 LATHROP WELLS, Nevada, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N69165

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-28-161

Year of manufacture

1985

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19850529

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A931B5

Registrant of record

LOCAERO SERVICES INC TRUSTEE

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N69165 Fairchild PT-23 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

FAIRCHILD PT-23 · N69165

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Day

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D7

Operator type

D

Airport

JACKASS FLATS

Kind of flying

DI

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

180° / 15 kt

Temp

85° F

Aircraft history

Total time

650 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

2,227

Age

31

Cause factors

88/A/AC A
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FIRE OF UNDETERMINED ORIGIN 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 3 2959. Source file NTSB_1965_3_2959.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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