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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC66D0455

1966-01-09 NEWBURGH, New York, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N4821A

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-22-150

Year of manufacture

1956 · 10 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19560423

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A5F283

Registrant of record

MEYER JAMES D

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N4821A Piper PA-22 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-22 · N4821A

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

Part 91 (general aviation)

Airport

MIDDLEHOPE AIRPRK

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

045° / 5 kt

Temp

30° F

Aircraft history

Total time

1,687 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

250

Age

25

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

OR CLIMB ATTITUDE

Investigator remarks

PILOT ATTEMPTED TAKEOFF WITH INSUFFICIENT FUEL F

Cause factors

88/A/96 A
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION Cause — pilot/personnel action
64/C/33 C
PILOT IN COMMAND EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT 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 0080. Source file NTSB_1966_3_0080.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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