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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC74FHA09

1973-09-16 PROSPECTVILLE, Pennsylvania, United States Minor 2 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-22 · N5826Z

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EJ

Operator type

D

Airport

TURNER FIELD

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000090773

Total time

3,146 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

52

Age

46

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

PUMP,DID NOT USE WOBBLE PUMP.

Investigator remarks

SWITCHED TANKS,ACFT NOT EQPD WITH ELECTRIC BOOST

Cause factors

  • 64/A/02 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/A/28 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 82/J/H J
    WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS Joint 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 2313. Source file NTSB_1973_3_2313.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.