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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC72AN091

1971-06-05 CAPE MAY, New Jersey, United States Fatal 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N9735Z N.AMERICAN SNJ-4 Fatal

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

N.AMERICAN SNJ-4 · N9735Z

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

DC

Operator type

D

Airport

CAPE MAY COUNTY

Kind of flying

DF

Weather at impact

Sky

BROKEN

Wind

160° / 14 kt

Temp

78° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000051506

Pilot

Certificate

DA (DA)

Total hours

2,000

Age

39

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ER ACFT IN LOW LEVEL CLOSED COURSE AIR RACE.

Investigator remarks

CRASHED AVOIDING MID-AIR COLLISION BETWEEN 2 OTH

Cause factors

84/C/7 C
MISCELLANEOUS EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION Cause
68/L/K0 L
PERSONNEL PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT

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 2881. Source file NTSB_1971_3_2881.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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