NTSB CAROL · Event
Event NYC69F0273
Registry · N30362
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
AMERICAN LEGEND AIRCRAFT CO AL3
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A32DBC
Registrant of record
SOUTHWIND AVIATION INC
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
PIPER J3L-65 · N30362
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
C0
Operator type
D
Airport
PITTS-MONROEVILLE
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
Wind
120° / 10 kt
Aircraft history
Total time
2,437 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
92
Age
40
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
E UP TO CLEAR PARKED ACFT.
Investigator remarks
RT X-WIND 75 DEG 10K GUSTING 20K. PLT PULLED NOS
Cause factors
- 64/C/79 C PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause
- 64/B/24 B PILOT IN COMMAND PREMATURE LIFT-OFF
- 82/L/H L WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS
- 84/L/7 L MISCELLANEOUS EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION
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 4412.
Source file
NTSB_1968_3_4412.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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