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SEA66F0081

1965-05-14 · DUTTON, Montana, United States · Serious · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
PIPER PA18A · N1462C
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
DH
Operator type
Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)
Kind of flying
CA

Weather at impact

Sky
UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
Wind
135° / 10 kt
Temp
60° F

Aircraft history

Total time
1,661 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
20,000
Age
58

Cause factors

  • 64/A/15 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 2 0484. Source file NTSB_1965_2_0484.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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