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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event UNK65X1292

1965-01-15 CANYON DAM, Texas, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N57538

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

TAYLORCRAFT DCO-65

Engine

CONT MOTOR A&C65 SERIES (65 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19551223

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A763DE

Registrant of record

HOLCOMB GARRY M

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N57538 Taylorcraft DC065 Minor

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 · N57538

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise climb (DB)

Operator type

D

Airport

RANCH STRIP

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

270° / 20 kt

Temp

70° F

Aircraft history

Total time

881 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

104

Age

34

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

PILOT-INADVERTENTLY TURNED MAGNETO SWITCH OFF

Cause factors

84/C/J C
MISCELLANEOUS WRITTEN CAUSE Cause
88/K/94 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Joint factor

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 0065. Source file NTSB_1965_3_0065.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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