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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC72FHM27

1972-01-26 WALLKILL, New York, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N42018 Piper J3F-65 Minor

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 J3F-65 · N42018

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

D

Airport

KOBELT

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000009063

Total time

4,950 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

375

Age

26

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

FLD.WAS TOO LOW.ICE IN FUEL LINES AND GASCOLATOR.

Investigator remarks

ENG QUIT AT 200FT AGL PLT ATMTD TO TURN BACK TO

Cause factors

64/C/29 C
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
88/C/70 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ICE-IN FUEL Cause
88/C/96 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION Cause
64/B/16 B
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
88/K/AQ K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DOWNWIND Joint factor

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 0389. Source file NTSB_1972_3_0389.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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