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NYC67F0289

1966-10-02 · WEST MILFORD, New Jersey, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
LUSCOMBE 8B · N45735
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
D
Airport
GREENWOOD LAKE
Kind of flying
B1

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR
Wind
315° / 2 kt
Temp
70° F

Aircraft history

Total time
1,238 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
416
Age
28

Cause factors

  • 64/C/22 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS Cause
  • 80/K/BF K
    AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES SOFT SHOULDERS Joint factor

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 2836. Source file NTSB_1966_3_2836.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.