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NYC72FGT04

1971-08-01 · HALIFAX, Pennsylvania, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
WHITTMAN W-8 · N1111N
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Night
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
D
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000000070
Total time
1,460 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
250
Age
28

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

LDG ON SLOPING PASTURE STRIP. GR HIT FURROW.

Investigator remarks

CONT INTO KNOWN MARGINAL WEA. MADE PRECAUTIONARY

Cause factors

  • 64/C/04 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS Cause
  • 64/C/35 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN Cause
  • 82/L/A L
    WEATHER LOW CEILING
  • 82/L/B L
    WEATHER RAIN
  • 82/L/X L
    WEATHER THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY
  • 83/L/Y L
    TERRAIN OTHER

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 4378. Source file NTSB_1971_3_4378.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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