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Event MKC67D0397

1966-12-28 LIBERAL, Kansas, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N8192W

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-28-180

Year of manufacture

1965 · 1 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19650329

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AB2D7E

Registrant of record

HENLEY EDWARD F

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N8192W Piper PA-28 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-28 · N8192W

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

D

Airport

LIBERAL MUNI

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

290° / 17 kt

Temp

19° F

Aircraft history

Total time

688 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

277

Age

42

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

AY.CROSSWIND OF 17 KNOTS.35-ONLY RUNWAY AVAILABLE.

Investigator remarks

AIRCRAFT SLID INTO SNOW RIDGE ALONG EDGE OF RUNW

Cause factors

64/C/22 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS Cause
88/K/94 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Joint factor
82/L/H L
WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS
80/L/BB L
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES ICE/SLUSH ON RUNWAY

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 4146. Source file NTSB_1966_3_4146.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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