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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC71FFD10

1970-08-21 MARLBORO, Massachusetts, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N8829W

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-28-235

Year of manufacture

1964 · 6 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES (250 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19640505

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AC28EB

Registrant of record

DERNBACH RICHARD M

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

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 · N8829W

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

D

Airport

MARLBORO

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000028-10374

Total time

1,716 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

146

Age

33

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

N RWY BFR BRAKING APPLIED.BRAKE LINING FOUND WORN.

Investigator remarks

1600FT RWY,LNDD 10DEG FLAPS,ACFT ROLLED MIDWAY O

Cause factors

  • 64/C/46 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED Cause
  • 70/L/CJ L
    AIRFRAME BRAKING SYSTEM (NORMAL SYSTEM)

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 3005. Source file NTSB_1970_3_3005.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.