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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC75AN119

1975-06-13 NEW BEDFORD, Massachusetts, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N378NE Fairchild FH-227 Minor

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

FAIRCHILD FH-227 · N378NE

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

IMC

Phase of flight

EE

Airport

NEW BEDFORD MUNI

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Wind

180° / 8 kt

Temp

62° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000512

Total time

10,720 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

DA (DA)

Total hours

7,836

Age

52

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

T AWARE OF WIND AND RWY COND.

Investigator remarks

ACFT STRUCK ROCK PILE 212FT BEYOND END OR RWY.PL

Cause factors

64/C/46 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED Cause
88/B/92 B
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS HYDROPLANING ON WET RUNWAY
80/B/BA B
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES WET RUNWAY
80/B/BY B
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES OTHER
88/L/AQ L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DOWNWIND
88/K/DH K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY Joint factor

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 1 0014. Source file NTSB_1975_1_0014.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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