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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC74DFA23

1974-03-27 FRANKFORT, New York, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N1800P

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

BEECH A23-24

Year of manufacture

1968 · 6 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING I0360 SER (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19680917

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A14312

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N1800P Beech A23-24 Minor

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

BEECH A23-24 · N1800P

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

Business

Airport

HIGHLAND

Kind of flying

B2

Weather at impact

Sky

BROKEN

Wind

300° / 20 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000MA-326

Total time

500 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

317

Age

20

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

IT SNOWBANK.GUSTS TO 25K.

Investigator remarks

ARPT AVAIL,LNDD 2/3 WAY DOWN 2600FT RWY,DNWIND.H

Cause factors

74/C/KA C
POWERPLANT POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS Cause
64/B/80 B
PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND
64/B/46 B
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED
80/K/BD K
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES SNOW WINDROWS Joint factor
82/K/H K
WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS Joint factor
88/K/AQ K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DOWNWIND 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 0723. Source file NTSB_1974_3_0723.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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