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NYC72DNA32

1972-02-05 · NEWPORT, Rhode Island, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
MCCULLOUGH J-2 · N4314G
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
I
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
C0
Operator type
Personal/private
Airport
NEWPORT STATE
Kind of flying
A0

Weather at impact

Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Wind
315° / 20 kt
Temp
20° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000000024
Total time
140 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
1,746
Age
22

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

OK.

Investigator remarks

RWY 34 USED. WINDS REPORTED 315 DEG GUSTING TO 3

Cause factors

  • 66/C/23 C
    DUAL STUDENT Cause
  • 64/C/30 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT Cause
  • 82/L/H L
    WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 0294. Source file NTSB_1972_3_0294.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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