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NYC70F0205

1969-11-05 · ALBANY, New York, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
MOONEY M-22 · N7708M
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
ED
Operator type
D
Airport
ALBANY COUNTY
Kind of flying
B2

Weather at impact

Sky
UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
Wind
300° / 17 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000067004
Total time
529 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
2,854
Age
60

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

MILE FROM RWY END.WIND 17K GUSTING 23K.

Investigator remarks

PLT ADZD TWR RWY IN SIGHT.STRUCK TREES APRX 1/2

Cause factors

  • 64/C/26 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IFR OPERATION 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 2831. Source file NTSB_1969_3_2831.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.