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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC71FHM20

1971-02-27 MONTICELLO, New York, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N2915M

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-28-236

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19790622

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A2FC44

Registrant of record

BLUE SKY AVIATION ASSOCIATION INC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N2915M Piper PA-12 None

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-12 · N2915M

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

Part 121 (air carrier)

Airport

COUNTY SEAT

Kind of flying

A0

Weather at impact

Sky

SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET

Wind

290° / 9 kt

Temp

51° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000012-1335

Total time

1,344 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

GA (GA)

Total hours

1,344

Age

24

Investigator remarks

INTENTIONALLY STALLED INTO TREES.

Cause factors

64/C/21 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS Cause
88/C/02 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ANTI-ICING/DEICING EQUIPMENT-IMPROPER OPERATION OF/OR FAILED TO USE Cause
88/C/72 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ICE-CARBURETOR Cause
82/C/G C
WEATHER CONDITIONS CONDUCIVE TO CARB./INDUCTION SYSTEM ICING Cause

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 0821. Source file NTSB_1971_3_0821.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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