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NYC66D0373

1965-12-15 · MECHANICSVILLE, Virginia, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
STINSON L-5E · N3707C
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EB
Operator type
D
Airport
WHARTON
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR
Wind
090° / 4 kt
Temp
55° F

Aircraft history

Total time
5,713 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
2,290
Age
47

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

EA THAT HAD BEEN RECENTLY DISCED.PRIVATE AIRSTRIP.

Investigator remarks

LANDING WAS MADE ON NORMALLY SUITABLE OVERRUN AR

Cause factors

  • 64/C/35 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN Cause

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 3452. Source file NTSB_1965_3_3452.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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