NTSB CAROL · Event
Event NYC75AN109
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
ALON A-2 · N6562Q
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
EY
Operator type
D
Airport
VINELAND-DOWNSTWN
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
OBSCURATION
Wind
140° / 5 kt
Temp
70° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000A62
Total time
831 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
950
Age
43
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
PILOT-ATMTD VER FLT AT ALT INSUF TO CLR OBST TRRN
Investigator remarks
NO RECORD OF PILOT RECIVING WX BRIEFING.
Cause factors
- 64/A/04 A PILOT IN COMMAND CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 84/A/J A MISCELLANEOUS WRITTEN CAUSE Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 83/J/I J TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS Joint cause
- 64/J/29 J PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING 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 1200.
Source file
NTSB_1975_3_1200.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
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