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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MKC65F0485

1966-03-21 KENNETT, Missouri, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N4303U

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 150D

Year of manufacture

1963 · 3 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR 0-200 SERIES (100 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19631231

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A525F2

Registrant of record

SHERBAK MICHAEL J II

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N4303U Cessna 150D 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 150D · N4303U

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

D

Airport

BOOTHEEL

Kind of flying

B2

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

200° / 30 kt

Temp

55° F

Aircraft history

Total time

971 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

48

Age

30

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

OF RUNWAY.SUDDEN GUST SLID ACFT SIDEWAYS OFF RNWAY

Investigator remarks

PILOT DID NOT GO AROUND BECAUSE OF WIRES AT END

Cause factors

82/C/H C
WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS 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 1681. Source file NTSB_1966_3_1681.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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