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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event UNK64X3772

1964-09-04 OSKALOOSA, Iowa, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N8849M

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-28-235

Year of manufacture

1969

Engine

LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES (250 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19691001

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AC3050

Registrant of record

GUERTIN JIM B DBA

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N8849M BEECHCRAFT B55 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

BEECHCRAFT B55 · N8849M

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

D

Airport

ROTH

Kind of flying

B2

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Aircraft history

Total time

470 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

1,800

Age

41

Cause factors

64/C/80 C
PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND Cause
88/L/AQ L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DOWNWIND
80/L/BA L
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES WET RUNWAY

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 2762. Source file NTSB_1964_3_2762.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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