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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC72FGM11

1971-08-05 FINLEYVILLE, Pennsylvania, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N60109

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

FAIRCHILD M-62A

Year of manufacture

1941 · 30 years old at event

Engine

FAIRCHILD 6-440 SERIES (200 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19570814

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A7CD70

Registrant of record

ESTES JACK III

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N60109 Fairchild M62A 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

FAIRCHILD M62A · N60109

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

D

Airport

FINLEYVILLE

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

045° / 5 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000T41-1271

Total time

3,270 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

3,839

Age

56

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

OD DISCONNECTED.WINDSHIELD OIL CVRD.WING SPAR BKN.

Investigator remarks

NR 4 ROD CAP RETAIN BOLT FAILED,PISTON AND CON R

Cause factors

74/C/AC C
POWERPLANT MASTER AND CONNECTING RODS Cause
88/C/95 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause
64/B/25 B
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER LEVEL OFF
88/B/45 B
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS WINDSHIELD,DIRTY,FOGGY,ETC.-RESTRICTED VISION

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 3115. Source file NTSB_1971_3_3115.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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