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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC69A0060

1968-12-05 WATERTOWN, New York, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N900JL

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-32R-300

Engine

LYCOMING TI0-540 SER (310 hp)

Seats / Engines

7 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19760310

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AC6FFF

Registrant of record

RED BARON LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N900JL AERO COMDR 1121 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

AERO COMDR 1121 · N900JL

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

IMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

Business

Airport

WATERTOWN

Kind of flying

B3

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Wind

210° / 14 kt

Temp

32° F

Aircraft history

Total time

541 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

GA (GA)

Total hours

4,890

Age

36

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

D 14K,GUSTS TO 21K.

Investigator remarks

L FORK OF L MAIN GR FAILED.L QUARTERING HEAD WIN

Cause factors

64/A/23 A
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS Cause — pilot/personnel action
88/J/94 J
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Joint cause
82/J/H J
WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS Joint 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 3841. Source file NTSB_1968_3_3841.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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