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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC75AN038

1974-09-19 CLARKSBURG, New Jersey, United States Fatal 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N565T

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

AMERICAN CHAMPION AIRCRAFT 8GCBC

Year of manufacture

2024

TCDS

A21CE · AMERICAN CHAMPION AIRCRAFT CORP

Engine

LYCOMING IO-390-A1B6 (210 hp)

Seats / Engines

3 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20240227

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A73B26

Registrant of record

ECHO BARAVO LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

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

BEECH D50E · N565T

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

Marginal VMC

Phase of flight

EC

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

TRENTON-ROBBINSVL

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Temp

59° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000000DH315

Total time

3,089 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

2,223

Age

33

Investigator remarks

WRECKAGE 3.45MI PRIOR TO FAF.2ND APCH.

Cause factors

  • 64/A/26 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IFR OPERATION Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 82/J/A J
    WEATHER LOW CEILING Joint cause
  • 82/J/C J
    WEATHER FOG 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 3255. Source file NTSB_1974_3_3255.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.