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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event UNK64X2334

1964-06-17 MINIDOKA, Idaho, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N86116

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

NORTH AMERICAN AT-6D

Year of manufacture

1959 · 5 years old at event

Engine

P&W R1340 SERIES (600 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19591216

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S ABD528

Registrant of record

PACIFIC AIR SERVICES LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N86116 Aeronca 11AC 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

AERONCA 11AC · N86116

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

D

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Aircraft history

Total time

689 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

A1 (A1)

Total hours

888

Age

366

Investigator remarks

WIND GUSTING TO 35 KNOTS

Cause factors

64/C/35 C
PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN Cause
64/C/80 C
PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND Cause
88/C/AQ C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DOWNWIND 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 1686. Source file NTSB_1964_3_1686.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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