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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC73FHJ12

1973-12-05 WHITE PLAINS, New York, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N5029E

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

BELLANCA 7GCAA

Year of manufacture

1978

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19781011

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A644F6

Registrant of record

TIMMINS CHRISTIAN

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N5029E AERO COMDR 680W 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

AERO COMDR 680W · N5029E

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Night

Weather

IMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

D

Airport

WESTCHESTER CO.

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Wind

080° / 14 kt

Temp

31° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000001812-29

Total time

785 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

1,500

Age

52

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

AND HILL.WIND GUSTING 20K.

Investigator remarks

T/D TO L OF RWY 12,SKIDDED ACROSS RWY,HIT ROCKS

Cause factors

64/C/79 C
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause
88/C/75 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ICE-WINDSHIELD Cause
80/C/BB C
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES ICE/SLUSH ON RUNWAY Cause
82/L/H L
WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS

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 0082. Source file NTSB_1973_3_0082.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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