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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC67F0678

1967-04-11 BUTLER, Pennsylvania, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N9759A

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 170A

Year of manufacture

1950 · 17 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR C145 SERIES (145 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19560309

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AD99CC

Registrant of record

LOVE JOHN W JR

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

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

CESSNA 170A · N9759A

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

D

Airport

BUTLER-GRAHAM

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Total time

3,281 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

304

Age

44

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ARIABLE GUSTING TO 20 KTS.

Investigator remarks

PLT MADE HARD LNDG 3 DAYS PRIOR TO ACCDT. WIND V

Cause factors

  • 64/C/25 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER LEVEL OFF Cause
  • 88/J/94 J
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Joint cause
  • 88/J/AH J
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS PREVIOUS DAMAGE Joint cause
  • 82/L/H L
    WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS

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 1130. Source file NTSB_1967_3_1130.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.