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NYC74FHD08

1973-08-12 · WOODBINE, New Jersey, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
FOKKER DR-1 · N1917
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
D
Airport
WOODBINE
Kind of flying
DF

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR
Wind
180° / 15 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000000101
Total time
140 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
9,143
Age
56

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

WING TIP TO HIT END.

Investigator remarks

ACFT T/D GOING SLIGHTLY SIDEWAYS TO R CAUSING R

Cause factors

  • 64/C/31 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT Cause
  • 64/C/28 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS Cause
  • 64/C/79 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 2086. Source file NTSB_1973_3_2086.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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