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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MKC76DCG16

1975-08-16 SEDALIA, Missouri, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N33116

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER J3C-65

Year of manufacture

1940 · 35 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR A&C65 SERIES (65 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19550813

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A39C20

Registrant of record

WALKER GARRETT C

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N33116 Piper J-3 Minor

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 J-3 · N33116

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

D

Airport

HOPPES FARM

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000003084

Total time

1,637 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

1,675

Age

37

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

MPTD HI ANGLE TKOF TO MISS COW.

Investigator remarks

UNDETECTED COW RAN INTO PATH OF DEPT ACFT.PLT AT

Cause factors

84/A/7 A
MISCELLANEOUS EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION Cause — pilot/personnel action
84/A/3 A
MISCELLANEOUS ANIMAL(S) ON RUNWAY/TAXIWAY/RAMP 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 1993. Source file NTSB_1975_3_1993.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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