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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC73DHA14

1973-02-03 ERWINNA, Pennsylvania, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N74267

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

BELLANCA 14-13

Engine

FRANKLIN 6A4150 SERIES (150 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19550205

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A9FD42

Registrant of record

SILER MARTIN R

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N74267 Bellanca 14-13 None

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

BELLANCA 14-13 · N74267

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

D

Airport

VAN SANT

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

270° / 26 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000001380

Total time

1,800 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

500

Age

62

Investigator remarks

WIND GUSTING 33K.BOTH WINGS DMGD.

Cause factors

64/C/33 C
PILOT IN COMMAND EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT Cause
82/C/H C
WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS Cause
88/K/94 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE 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 0036. Source file NTSB_1973_3_0036.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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