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NYC73AN090

1972-12-27 · SARANAC LAKE, New York, United States · Fatal · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
LOCKHEED L1329 · N400M
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
ED
Operator type
Business
Airport
ADIRONDACK
Kind of flying
B3

Weather at impact

Sky
OBSCURATION

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000005008
Total time
5,076 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
20,128
Age
40

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

AFTR THIRD PASS OVR FLD.

Investigator remarks

CIRCLING MDA 2960FT. HIT AT 2140FT MSL ELEV

Cause factors

  • 64/A/26 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IFR OPERATION Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 82/J/A J
    WEATHER LOW CEILING Joint cause
  • 82/J/C J
    WEATHER FOG Joint cause
  • 82/J/D J
    WEATHER SNOW Joint cause

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 4071. Source file NTSB_1972_3_4071.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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