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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC74FNA11

1973-08-24 GREENE, Rhode Island, United States Serious 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N4029H Piper PA-12 Serious

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-12 · N4029H

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

D

Airport

RICONN

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

045° / 5 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000012-3457

Total time

1,702 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

1,266

Age

50

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

BARE WIRES GROUNDED AGAINST SWITCH HOUSING.

Investigator remarks

PILOT DISCONNECTED GROUND WIRES AT SWITCH LOOSE

Cause factors

68/C/D3 C
PERSONNEL IMPROPERLY SERVICED AIRCRAFT (OWNER-PILOT) Cause
74/C/BE C
POWERPLANT LOW TENSION WIRING Cause
83/B/I B
TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS

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 2336. Source file NTSB_1973_3_2336.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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