NTSB CAROL · Event
Event NYC74FNC01
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
SNOW 600S2C · N9472R
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
DK
Operator type
Business
Airport
PRESQUE ISLE
Kind of flying
CA
Weather at impact
Sky
SCATTERED-BELOW 1000 FEET
Wind
310° / 9 kt
Aircraft history
Serial number
00000001110C
Total time
3,547 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
4,000
Age
31
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
D.2HRS TOTAL AG FLYING OF PRACTICE RUNS OVR RWY.
Investigator remarks
ACFT IN GENTLE R TURN CLBD INTO STEEP TURN,DSCND
Cause factors
- 64/A/16 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/31 A PILOT IN COMMAND LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT Cause — pilot/personnel action
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 1599.
Source file
NTSB_1973_3_1599.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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