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NYC68F0431

1968-03-28 · HARDWICK, Massachusetts, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
FAIRCHILD PT-19A · N60668
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D0
Operator type
D
Airport
HILLER
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR
Wind
180° / 9 kt

Aircraft history

Total time
1,267 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
900
Age
47

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ON TO MOISTURE.ACFT STORED IN OPEN HANGAR.

Investigator remarks

MAGNETO WIRE SHIELDING CRACKED,EXPOSING INSULATI

Cause factors

  • 74/C/BA C
    POWERPLANT MAGNETOS Cause
  • 88/C/55 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS CORRODED/CORROSION Cause
  • 74/C/BG C
    POWERPLANT IGNITION HARNESS,SHIELDING Cause
  • 88/C/BL C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DETERIORATED Cause
  • 68/C/D6 C
    PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 1309. Source file NTSB_1968_3_1309.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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