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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC68D0167

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

Registry · N2415W

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

DJI AGRAS T40

0

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A236D2

Registrant of record

WARNER FERTILIZER

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N2415W Schweizer SGU-2 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

SCHWEIZER SGU-2 · N2415W

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

C

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EB

Operator type

K

Airport

CHEMUNG COUNTY

Kind of flying

A3

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

060° / 10 kt

Temp

80° F

Aircraft history

Total time

208 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

9

Age

20

Investigator remarks

PLT MISREAD ALTIMETER.

Cause factors

64/C/48 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE Cause
88/C/11 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS INSTRUMENTS-MISREAD OR FAILED TO READ Cause
88/3/AW 3
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FEMALE PILOT Subordinate · 3

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 3349. Source file NTSB_1967_3_3349.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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