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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MKC66D0577

1966-05-21 SIDNEY, Nebraska, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N1399C

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-22-135

Year of manufacture

1953 · 13 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-290 SERIES (140 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19560714

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A0A036

Registrant of record

SHANKSTER THOMAS G

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N1399C Piper PA-22 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

PIPER PA-22 · N1399C

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

SIDNEY MUNICIPAL

Kind of flying

A1

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

210° / 20 kt

Temp

83° F

Aircraft history

Total time

1,829 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

42

Age

51

Investigator remarks

SUDDEN GUSTY CROSSWIND OF 20 KNOTS.

Cause factors

82/A/H A
WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS 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 2222. Source file NTSB_1966_3_2222.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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