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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event OAK68D0212

1967-08-06 PLACERVILLE, California, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N8552D

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-22-160

Year of manufacture

1957 · 10 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19571210

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S ABBC8D

Registrant of record

SVEC ADOLPH RALPH

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N8552D Piper PA-22 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-22 · N8552D

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

D

Airport

PLACERVILLE

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

340° / 16 kt

Temp

68° F

Aircraft history

Total time

923 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

422

Age

36

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

RND LOOP.

Investigator remarks

WIND INDICATOR LIGHT OUT.WIND 16 K.INTENTIONAL G

Cause factors

64/C/46 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED Cause
64/C/80 C
PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND Cause
64/C/82 C
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND Cause
88/L/AQ L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DOWNWIND
80/L/A9 L
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES OTHER

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 3974. Source file NTSB_1967_3_3974.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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