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NYC71DHM15

1970-04-25 · WURTSBORO, New York, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
SCHWEIZER 1-23 · N91886
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
C
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EB
Operator type
Personal/private
Airport
WURTSBORO
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR
Wind
240° / 15 kt
Temp
62° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000000026
Total time
2,351 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
28
Age
52

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

GUST 22KTS.

Investigator remarks

ACFT LOST ALTITUDE RAPIDLY ON FINAL APPROACH.WND

Cause factors

  • 64/C/31 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT Cause
  • 64/C/48 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE Cause
  • 82/L/H L
    WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS
  • 83/L/I L
    TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 1743. Source file NTSB_1970_3_1743.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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