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NYC70F0078

1969-07-17 · NISBET, Pennsylvania, United States · Serious · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
LUSCOMBE 8B · N28475
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
DC
Operator type
D
Airport
LYCOMING
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Wind
200° / 15 kt
Temp
92° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000001342
Total time
1,414 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
1,458
Age
37

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

T OF CANYON.CK OUT,ONCE AROUND THE FIELD.

Investigator remarks

UN CLB ABOVE RISING TRRN,ATMTD SHALLOW R TURN OU

Cause factors

  • 64/A/31 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/A/16 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/A/20 A
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FLEW INTO BLIND CANYON Cause — pilot/personnel action

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 2997. Source file NTSB_1969_3_2997.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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