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NYC72FHM49

1972-05-14 · HILLBURN, New York, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
MCCULLOUGH J-2 · N4323G
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
I
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
D
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
OVERCAST
Wind
210° / 8 kt
Temp
65° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000000033
Total time
22 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
1,045
Age
49

Investigator remarks

ATTEMPTED T/O FROM ROAD INTO RISING TERRAIN.

Cause factors

  • 64/A/35 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 83/J/Y J
    TERRAIN OTHER Joint cause

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 1656. Source file NTSB_1972_3_1656.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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