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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC68D0065

1967-07-09 MIDDLESEX, New York, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N4771G Schleicher K7 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

SCHLEICHER K7 · N4771G

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

C

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

D

Airport

AIR TECH GLIDERPT

Kind of flying

A0

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Aircraft history

Total time

116 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

150

Age

24

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

MISC-TOWLINE BROKE DURING WINCH TOW LAUNCH.

Investigator remarks

GLIDER TOUCHED DOWN IN TURN.L.WING STRUCK GRD.

Cause factors

84/C/J C
MISCELLANEOUS WRITTEN CAUSE Cause
64/B/54 B
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED CLEARANCE

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 2330. Source file NTSB_1967_3_2330.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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