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NYC66D0172

1965-08-08 · EDINBURG, New York, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

N1541A has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (DJI AGRAS T40), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
PIPER PA-20S · N1541A
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
D
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR
Temp
85° F

Aircraft history

Total time
1,136 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
407
Age
37

Investigator remarks

FLOAT EQUIPPED AIRCRAFT

Cause factors

  • 74/A/KA A
    POWERPLANT POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/B/16 B
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 3190. Source file NTSB_1965_3_3190.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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