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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC73FGM12

1972-11-06 JEANNETTE, Pennsylvania, United States Serious 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N2138R

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

MOONEY M20E

Year of manufacture

1965 · 7 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING I0360 SER (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19951209

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A1C827

Registrant of record

WISDOM VICTOR

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N2138R Piper PA-28 Serious

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 · N2138R

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

C0

Operator type

Business

Airport

PITTSBURGH-BOQUET

Kind of flying

A1

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000028-5468

Total time

486 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

27

Age

47

Investigator remarks

AVOIDING TREES.

Cause factors

64/C/79 C
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause
64/B/81 B
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF
64/B/24 B
PILOT IN COMMAND PREMATURE LIFT-OFF
84/B/7 B
MISCELLANEOUS EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION
83/K/I K
TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS 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 0821. Source file NTSB_1972_3_0821.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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