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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC65A0098

1965-01-21 LANCASTER, Pennsylvania, United States Serious 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N8417H

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-34-220T

Year of manufacture

1981

Engine

CONT MOTOR TSIO-360 SER (225 hp)

Seats / Engines

7 seats · 2 engines

Last airworthiness date

19810611

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AB86E5

Registrant of record

WALSER AIR LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N8417H Convair CV-340 Serious

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

CONVAIR CV-340 · N8417H

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

E

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D1

Airport

LANCASTER

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

220° / 6 kt

Temp

28° F

Aircraft history

Total time

25,096 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

DA (DA)

Total hours

15,847

Age

44

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

S DUE NO.1 ENG.HYD.PUMP INOP.& NO.2 ENG.INOP.

Investigator remarks

EMERGENCY AIR BRAKES NOT USED.NO NORMAL HYD.PRES

Cause factors

74/A/AD A
POWERPLANT CYLINDER ASSEMBLY Cause — pilot/personnel action
88/A/95 A
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause — pilot/personnel action
88/B/07 B
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES
75/B/BB B
SYSTEMS HYDRAULIC PUMPS

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 1 0024. Source file NTSB_1965_1_0024.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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