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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC69F0373

1969-04-01 SANFORD, Maine, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

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

CESSNA 15OF · N6256R

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

Part 121 (air carrier)

Airport

SANFORD

Kind of flying

A1

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

200° / 20 kt

Aircraft history

Total time

1,935 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

50

Age

35

Investigator remarks

WIND GUSTING 20K.

Cause factors

  • 64/C/25 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER LEVEL OFF Cause
  • 64/B/62 B
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING
  • 88/K/94 K
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Joint factor
  • 82/L/H L
    WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS
  • 88/3/AW 3
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FEMALE PILOT Subordinate · 3

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 0559. Source file NTSB_1969_3_0559.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.