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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC68F0418

1968-04-02 MECHANICSBURG, Pennsylvania, United States Serious 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N2415

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

AGUSTAWESTLAND PHILADELPHIA AW139

Year of manufacture

2024

TCDS

R00002RD · LEONARDO S P A

Engine

P&W CANADA PT6C-67C (1679 hp)

Seats / Engines

17 seats · 2 engines

Last airworthiness date

20240323

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A236BD

Registrant of record

NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

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

GLASFLUGEL H-301 · N2415

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

C

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

D

Airport

SKYPORT

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

320° / 9 kt

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

5,073

Age

52

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

EL RESULTED. NO AIRWORTHINESS CERTIFICATE ON ACFT.

Investigator remarks

PLT INSTALLED ELEVATOR PINS SO THAT ONLY UP TRAV

Cause factors

  • 75/A/CC A
    SYSTEMS ELEVATOR AND ELEVATOR TAB CONTROL SYSTEM Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/A/CB A
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPERLY INSTALLED Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 68/A/D1 A
    PERSONNEL IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (OWNER PERSONNEL) 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 3 0728. Source file NTSB_1968_3_0728.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.