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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC73DFJ08

1972-09-15 HAMBURG, New York, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N5885W Piper PA-28 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 PA-28 · N5885W

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

H

Airport

HAMBURG

Kind of flying

A1

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000028-2611

Total time

2,483 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

39

Age

48

Investigator remarks

HIT SNOW PLOW.1ST SOLO.

Cause factors

64/C/25 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER LEVEL OFF Cause
64/C/62 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING Cause
64/B/79 B
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL

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 3475. Source file NTSB_1972_3_3475.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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