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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC70D0105

1969-07-19 FITCHBURG, Massachusetts, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N2390B

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

TEMCO GC-1B

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19560128

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A22C49

Registrant of record

HOLLIDAY MARK E

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N2390B GLOBE SWIFT GC-1B 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

GLOBE SWIFT GC-1B · N2390B

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

D

Airport

FITCHBURG

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000003690

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

578

Age

51

Investigator remarks

R SIDE ENG COWLING UNLATCHED,STRUCK BY PROP.

Cause factors

64/C/29 C
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
74/C/E0 C
POWERPLANT COWLING Cause
88/C/29 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPERLY SECURED Cause
88/B/DG B
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS INTENTIONAL WHEELS-UP

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 3026. Source file NTSB_1969_3_3026.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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