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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC70FGM17

1970-05-10 FINLEYVILLE, Pennsylvania, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N4626R

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-28-140

Year of manufacture

1965 · 5 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19660114

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A5A443

Registrant of record

ALATIS NICHOLAS C

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N4626R Piper PA-28 None

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 · N4626R

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

D

Airport

FINLEYVILLE

Kind of flying

B1

Weather at impact

Sky

BROKEN

Wind

250° / 20 kt

Temp

78° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000028-21377

Total time

2,305 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

98

Age

43

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

BOLT IN L OLEO PISTON.L GR CAME OFF.AD67-20-4 NCW

Investigator remarks

NUT AND SAFETY MISSING FROM SCISSORS TORQUE LINK

Cause factors

68/A/D6 A
PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause — pilot/personnel action
70/A/CA A
AIRFRAME MAIN GEAR-SHOCK ABSORBING ASSY,STRUTS,ATTACHMENTS,ETC. Cause — pilot/personnel action
88/A/BM A
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DISCONNECTED 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 2021. Source file NTSB_1970_3_2021.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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