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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC67F0400

1966-12-18 AUGUSTA, Maine, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N1516A

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-20

Year of manufacture

1957 · 9 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-290 SERIES (140 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19560517

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A0D111

Registrant of record

LAMPART FLOYD R

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N1516A Piper PA-18 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-18 · N1516A

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

Part 91 (general aviation)

Airport

AUGUSTA STATE

Kind of flying

A1

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Wind

210° / 9 kt

Aircraft history

Total time

2,295 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

30

Age

31

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

E BUILDING.

Investigator remarks

AIRCRAFT STRUCK CORNER OF SMALL UNOCCUPIED OFFIC

Cause factors

64/C/22 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS Cause
64/C/62 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING 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 3714. Source file NTSB_1966_3_3714.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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