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NYC70F0207

1969-11-15 · RAYMOND, Maine, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
PIPER PA-12S · N3932M
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
DC
Operator type
D
Airport
THOMAS POND
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR
Wind
270° / 15 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number
0000012-2822
Total time
880 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Airline transport
Total hours
279
Age
46

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

RUTS.CRCD LK,L WING DROPPED,UN RAISE WING,HIT TREE

Investigator remarks

FLOAT EQPD.T/O WITH A CANOE LASHED TO L FLOAT ST

Cause factors

  • 74/C/KA C
    POWERPLANT POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS Cause
  • 64/C/29 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
  • 64/C/33 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT Cause
  • 64/C/16 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause
  • 82/B/M B
    WEATHER DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 2783. Source file NTSB_1969_3_2783.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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