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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC68A0085

1968-01-01 MCGUIRE AFB, New Jersey, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N4906C Douglas DC-8F 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

DOUGLAS DC-8F · N4906C

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

IMC

Phase of flight

B0

Airport

MCGUIRE AFB

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Wind

250° / 6 kt

Temp

32° F

Aircraft history

Total time

7,200 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

DA (DA)

Total hours

12,861

Age

49

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

IGN ACFT WITH TAKEOFF RNWY.SNO CVRD GLZ ICE ON RWY

Investigator remarks

ACFT WHEELS LOST RNWY TRACTION DURING TURN TO AL

Cause factors

64/A/79 A
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause — pilot/personnel action
80/A/BB A
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES ICE/SLUSH ON RUNWAY Cause — pilot/personnel action

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 0001. Source file NTSB_1968_1_0001.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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