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NYC73DFJ07

1972-09-04 · CAMPBELL, New York, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
SCHWEIZER 1-23 · N1140S
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
C
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EB
Operator type
Personal/private
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Temp
61° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000000520

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
33
Age
45

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ENCOUNTERED SINKING AIR.

Investigator remarks

OUTRIGGER WHEELS.WX BRIEFING BY GROUP LEADER.PLT

Cause factors

  • 64/A/35 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/A/15 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 82/A/Y A
    WEATHER OTHER Cause — pilot/personnel action

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 0849. Source file NTSB_1972_3_0849.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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