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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event UNK64X3266

1964-08-08 SALINA, Kansas, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N47547

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

TAYLORCRAFT DCO-65

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A5D6B1

Registrant of record

FARMER LARRY A TRUSTEE

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N47547 Taylorcraft DC065 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

TAYLORCRAFT DC065 · N47547

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

D

Airport

SALINA

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Pilot

Certificate

B2 (B2)

Total hours

955

Age

211

Cause factors

64/C/25 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER LEVEL OFF 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 2384. Source file NTSB_1964_3_2384.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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