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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC71FHJ14

1970-12-11 EAST MORICHES, New York, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N9289E Aeronca 11AC Minor

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 11AC · N9289E

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EB

Operator type

Part 91 (general aviation)

Airport

SPADARO

Kind of flying

A0

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Wind

030° / 5 kt

Temp

35° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000011AC-926

Total time

2,250 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

935

Age

27

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

CLEAR TREES ABOUT 500 FT FROM RWY. ENG QUIT.

Investigator remarks

DEMONSTRATED SLIP TO STUDENT. OPENED THROTTLE TO

Cause factors

64/C/21 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS Cause
88/C/34 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ENGINE LOADED UP Cause
64/K/48 K
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE Joint factor
83/K/I K
TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS Joint factor

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 2956. Source file NTSB_1970_3_2956.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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