NTSB CAROL · Event
Event NYC70F0207
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
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). Each row shows the raw triplet, modifier (Cause / Factor / etc.), category, and specific code.
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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