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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC73FHM09

1972-08-29 NEWBURGH, New York, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

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 · N95412

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D2

Operator type

Part 121 (air carrier)

Airport

STEWART ARPT

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000028-25931

Total time

1,766 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

604

Age

26

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ORT OF RWY.

Investigator remarks

ENG QUIT AT 7000FT.HIT ILS LOC ANTENNA 1250FT SH

Cause factors

  • 64/C/29 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
  • 64/C/32 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL Cause
  • 88/C/23 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MISCALCULATED FUEL CONSUMPTION Cause
  • 88/C/63 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL EXHAUSTION Cause

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 1354. Source file NTSB_1972_3_1354.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.