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NYC66F0071

1965-06-17 · POTOMAC, Maryland, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Current FAA registration · N999S

Make / Model
NAVION NAVION A
Engine
CONT MOTOR E185 SERIES (205 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19590202
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S ADF5A2

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
NAVION L-17A · N999S
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
L
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
OVERCAST
Temp
65° F

Aircraft history

Total time
3,122 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
265
Age
52

Cause factors

  • 64/A/35 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 83/A/F A
    TERRAIN ROUGH/UNEVEN Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/J/94 J
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Joint cause
  • 82/J/A J
    WEATHER LOW CEILING Joint cause
  • 82/J/B J
    WEATHER RAIN Joint cause

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 1834. Source file NTSB_1965_3_1834.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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