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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC70FGM03

1970-01-15 MONROEVILLE, Pennsylvania, 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

PIPER PA-28 · N3552K

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

Part 91 (general aviation)

Airport

MONROEVILLE

Kind of flying

A0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000028-23623

Total time

1,264 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

3,830

Age

53

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

DEG FLAP,AFT AIRBORNE,SETTLED,CONT CLIMB,HIT HOUSE

Investigator remarks

APRX 4IN SOFT SNOW ON RWY.ABT MID-RWY APPLIED 10

Cause factors

  • 64/C/71 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND MISUSED OR FAILED TO USE FLAPS Cause
  • 64/C/16 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause
  • 64/C/81 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF Cause
  • 80/J/BC J
    AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES SNOW ON RUNWAY Joint cause
  • 83/A/I A
    TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action

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 0566. Source file NTSB_1970_3_0566.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.