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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC71DFD35

1970-12-20 MARLBORO, Massachusetts, 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

BEECH A23-24 · N3637Q

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

Part 91 (general aviation)

Airport

MARLBORO

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

320° / 15 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000MA-235

Total time

850 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

102

Age

34

Investigator remarks

STABILATOR HIT PILE OF FROZEN SNOW.

Cause factors

  • 64/C/48 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE Cause
  • 64/C/82 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND Cause
  • 80/B/BD B
    AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES SNOW WINDROWS

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 4441. Source file NTSB_1970_3_4441.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.