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NYC68D0206

1967-05-06 · SODUS, New York, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Current FAA registration · N4906M

Make / Model
PIPER PA-15
Year of manufacture
1948 · 19 years old at event
Engine
LYCOMING 0-145B SERIES (65 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19560626
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A6134E

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
PIPER PA 15 · N4906M
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
D
Airport
SODUS WALLINGTON
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR
Wind
270° / 15 kt
Temp
60° F

Aircraft history

Total time
850 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
A1 (A1)
Total hours
220
Age
45

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

LOWED GRND.

Investigator remarks

90 DEGREE XWIND 15 K.HIT SHORT OF RNWY IN SOFT P

Cause factors

  • 64/C/48 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE Cause
  • 64/C/28 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS Cause
  • 82/L/H L
    WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 3447. Source file NTSB_1967_3_3447.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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