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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC70DFD14

1970-05-11 MARLBORO, Massachusetts, 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

BEECH A-23 · N5957S

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

MARLBORO

Kind of flying

A1

Weather at impact

Sky

SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET

Wind

300° / 16 kt

Temp

78° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

00000000M974

Total time

1,635 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

44

Age

18

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

DORSED BY INSTRUCTOR

Investigator remarks

RWY LENGTH 1750FT,TREES S RWY.ENROUTE LDG NOT EN

Cause factors

  • 64/C/02 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL Cause
  • 64/C/25 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER LEVEL OFF Cause
  • 83/L/I L
    TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS
  • 88/K/94 K
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Joint factor

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 2154. Source file NTSB_1970_3_2154.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.