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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC74DFA18

1974-01-25 MONTICELLO, New York, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N6277W

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-28-140

Year of manufacture

1964 · 10 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19640901

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A833A0

Registrant of record

MCNEW JOHN P

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N6277W Piper PA-28 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

PIPER PA-28 · N6277W

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

C0

Operator type

D

Airport

SULLIVAN COUNTY

Kind of flying

A3

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

250° / 10 kt

Temp

45° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000028-20327

Total time

1,741 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

36

Age

45

Investigator remarks

GR COLLAPSED.

Cause factors

64/C/79 C
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause
83/B/I B
TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS
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 0034. Source file NTSB_1974_3_0034.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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