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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MKC67D0312

1966-11-03 GARDEN CITY, Kansas, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N7912L

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

BEECH A23-19

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19660826

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AABE65

Registrant of record

MILLER CAMERON

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

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

BEECH A23 · N7912L

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EB

Operator type

D

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

180° / 5 kt

Temp

60° F

Aircraft history

Total time

133 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

566

Age

46

Investigator remarks

PILOT PRACTICING SIMULATED FORCED LANDING.

Cause factors

  • 64/A/48 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/J/85 J
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS SIMULATED CONDITIONS Joint 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 3840. Source file NTSB_1966_3_3840.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.