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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC68D0374

1968-02-22 ERWINNA, Pennsylvania, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N92279

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER J3C-65

Year of manufacture

1946 · 22 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR A&C65 SERIES (65 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19560113

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S ACC907

Registrant of record

BOWEN JAMES V

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N92279 Piper J3C-65 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

PIPER J3C-65 · N92279

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

B1

Operator type

D

Airport

VAN SANT

Kind of flying

A3

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

280° / 15 kt

Temp

20° F

Aircraft history

Total time

1,926 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

10

Age

16

Investigator remarks

WINDS 280 DEG 15K GUSTING 30K.

Cause factors

64/C/38 C
PILOT IN COMMAND TAXIED/PARKED WITHOUT PROPER ASSISTANCE Cause
64/C/02 C
PILOT IN COMMAND ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL Cause
82/C/H C
WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS Cause

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 0319. Source file NTSB_1968_3_0319.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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