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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC66D0103

1965-05-15 WALLKILL, New York, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N6277W

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-28-140

Year of manufacture

1964 · 1 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19640901

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A833A0

Registrant of record

MCNEW JOHN P

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N6277W Piper PA-28 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

PIPER PA-28 · N6277W

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

D

Airport

KOBELT

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Temp

70° F

Aircraft history

Total time

175 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

693

Age

34

Investigator remarks

WORKER CROSSING RUNWAY

Cause factors

64/C/15 C
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS Cause
88/C/AS C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS LANDED IN CONSTRUCTION AREA Cause
64/C/08 C
PILOT IN COMMAND DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT 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 1831. Source file NTSB_1965_3_1831.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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