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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC70D0021

1969-06-01 ELMIRA, New York, 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

BRIEGLEB BG12 · N5010

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

C

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

D

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

180° / 20 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

00000000RH-1

Total time

102 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

137

Age

37

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ILL DOWNWIND.WING STRUCK GND,FUSELAGE DMGD.

Investigator remarks

RIDGE SOARING,UN MAL WHEN WIND SUBSIDED.LNDD UPH

Cause factors

  • 64/A/35 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/A/79 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 83/A/D A
    TERRAIN HIGH VEGETATION Cause — pilot/personnel action

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 2685. Source file NTSB_1969_3_2685.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.