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NYC70D0105

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

Current FAA registration · N2390B

Make / Model
TEMCO GC-1B
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19560128
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A22C49

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

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).

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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