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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MKC68F0548

1968-04-11 HAYS, Kansas, United States Serious 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N9153J

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-28-236

Year of manufacture

1988

Engine

LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES (250 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19881101

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S ACAC08

Registrant of record

RAMER KRISTINA

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N9153J Piper PA-28 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

PIPER PA-28 · N9153J

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

DC

Operator type

D

Airport

HAYS

Kind of flying

B2

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

82° F

Aircraft history

Total time

1,096 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

4,500

Age

46

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

LL ACCIDENT. BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL 0.20 PCT.

Investigator remarks

ACFT MADE SHALLOW DESCENT TO IMPACT. PLT UN RECA

Cause factors

64/A/65 A
PILOT IN COMMAND PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT Cause — pilot/personnel action
88/A/67 A
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT 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 4845. Source file NTSB_1968_3_4845.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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