Event NYC74AN021

1973-09-08 NEW MILFORD, Connecticut, United States Fatal 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N3910E Aeronca S11AC Fatal

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

AERONCA S11AC · N3910E

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

D

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000001866

Pilot

Certificate

IA (IA)

Age

40

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

KED 3/30/71.

Investigator remarks

NON-AVIATION FUEL.AIRWORTHINESS CERTIFICATE REVO

Cause factors

68/C/D3 C
PERSONNEL IMPROPERLY SERVICED AIRCRAFT (OWNER-PILOT) Cause
88/C/37 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL GRADE-IMPROPER Cause
88/C/64 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL CONTAMINATION-EXCLUSIVE OF WATER IN FUEL Cause
88/C/87 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS WATER IN FUEL Cause
64/B/02 B
PILOT IN COMMAND ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL
64/B/16 B
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED

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 2136. Source file NTSB_1973_3_2136.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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