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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC71FNA56

1971-06-16 NORWOOD, Massachusetts, 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

PIPER PA-28 · N1760J

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Night

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EB

Operator type

Business

Airport

NORWOOD MUNI

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

210° / 5 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

000028-24188

Total time

1,344 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

1,593

Age

46

Investigator remarks

SETTLED ONTO SHALLOW EMBANKMENT

Cause factors

  • 64/C/48 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE Cause
  • 64/C/16 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED 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 2101. Source file NTSB_1971_3_2101.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.