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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC68A0060

1967-10-18 ALLENTOWN, Pennsylvania, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N7440 VISCOUNT 745D 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

VISCOUNT 745D · N7440

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Night

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Airport

ALLENTOWN-EASTON

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Wind

170° / 14 kt

Temp

57° F

Aircraft history

Total time

27,339 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

DA (DA)

Total hours

12,177

Age

38

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

TS,CROSSWIND OF 13.5 KTS.

Investigator remarks

PLT SELECTED RNWY WITH TAILWIND COMPONENT OF 5 K

Cause factors

64/C/80 C
PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND Cause
64/C/79 C
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause
80/L/BA L
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES WET RUNWAY
88/L/92 L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS HYDROPLANING ON WET RUNWAY
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 1 0046. Source file NTSB_1967_1_0046.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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