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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MKC66F0227

1965-10-03 OGALLALA, Nebraska, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N8844P

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-24-260

Year of manufacture

1965 · 0 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING TI0-540 SER (310 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19650803

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AC2FA3

Registrant of record

REETZ ROGER D

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N8844P Piper PA-24 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-24 · N8844P

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

D

Airport

SEARLE

Kind of flying

B2

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

135° / 15 kt

Temp

60° F

Aircraft history

Total time

39 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

1,100

Age

53

Cause factors

64/C/79 C
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause
88/L/AQ L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DOWNWIND
88/K/94 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Joint factor

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 3200. Source file NTSB_1965_3_3200.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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