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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MKC68A0011

1967-08-16 GRAND FORKS, North Dakota, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N8803P

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-24-260

Year of manufacture

1965 · 2 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING TI0-540 SER (310 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19650525

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AC20A4

Registrant of record

WADE BRIAN K

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N8803P 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 · N8803P

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

G

Airport

GRAND FORKS INTL

Kind of flying

DQ

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Wind

210° / 8 kt

Temp

72° F

Aircraft history

Total time

856 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

3,000

Age

44

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

UNICATION FACILITIES.

Investigator remarks

FLT WAS TO CONDUCT IN-FLT EVALUATION OF FAA COMM

Cause factors

64/A/13 A
PILOT IN COMMAND INADVERTENTLY RETRACTED GEAR 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 4661. Source file NTSB_1967_3_4661.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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