NTSB CAROL · Event
Event NYC70AN084
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
LOCKHEED GA 1329 · N7008
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Night
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
ED
Operator type
Business
Airport
AKRON
Kind of flying
B3
Weather at impact
Sky
UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
Wind
090° / 8 kt
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000005101
Total time
886 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
GA (GA)
Total hours
5,496
Age
46
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
G AT BUFFALO,NY NO FURTHER DMG.RADAR ALT NOT USED.
Investigator remarks
LOCALIZER APCH ST IN.PLT EXECUTED MISSED APCH,LD
Cause factors
- 64/A/26 A PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IFR OPERATION Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/J/19 J PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO USE OR INCORRECTLY USED MISC.EQUIPMENT Joint cause
- 83/J/I J TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS 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 0590.
Source file
NTSB_1970_3_0590.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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