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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC71FGM33

1971-02-16 BUTLER, 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

AERONCA 7AC · N84607

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

C0

Operator type

D

Airport

BUTLER FARM

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

BROKEN

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000084067

Total time

792 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

300

Age

51

Investigator remarks

DURING TAKEOFF,R WHEEL CAUGHT IN DRIFTED SNOW.

Cause factors

  • 64/C/79 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause
  • 80/L/BD L
    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 0665. Source file NTSB_1971_3_0665.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.