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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC70D0029

1969-06-14 BLAIRSTOWN, New Jersey, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N6660D

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

SCHLEICHER K 8 B

Year of manufacture

1962 · 7 years old at event

Engine

NONE NONE

Seats / Engines

1 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19621215

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A8CCDF

Registrant of record

LEONARD STEVEN E

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N6660D Schleicher K8B 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

SCHLEICHER K8B · N6660D

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

C

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EY

Operator type

D

Kind of flying

DY

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000136

Total time

400 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

915

Age

49

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

URTHER AHEAD PULLED ACFT UP OVER TREES,STALLED.

Investigator remarks

GLIDER CONTEST.PLT SAW DITCHES,DECIDED TO LAND F

Cause factors

64/A/35 A
PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN Cause — pilot/personnel action
64/A/16 A
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action
84/A/7 A
MISCELLANEOUS EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION 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 2905. Source file NTSB_1969_3_2905.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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