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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MKC66F0097

1965-06-26 OZARK, Missouri, United States Serious 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N1626Y

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 172C

Year of manufacture

1962 · 3 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR 0-300 SER (145 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A0FC5D

Registrant of record

JOHNSON DEAN WILLIAM

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N1626Y Cessna 172C Serious

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 172C · N1626Y

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

SAM APPLEBY

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

BROKEN

Wind

180° / 15 kt

Temp

86° F

Aircraft history

Total time

812 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

241

Age

45

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

PILOT-SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY FOR EXISTING CONDITION

Cause factors

64/C/29 C
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
80/C/BI C
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES HIGH VEGETATION Cause
AA// —
Code not found in ct_Pre1982 codebook

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 2 0334. Source file NTSB_1965_2_0334.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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