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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC75DHA44

1975-05-18 PITTSTOWN, New Jersey, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

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

SCHWEIZER 2-22 · N684U

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

C

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

SKYMANOR

Kind of flying

B1

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Wind

150° / 5 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000218

Total time

500 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

645

Age

23

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

PRX 1700FT RWY ATMTD 180 DEG TURN INTO ADJ FLD

Investigator remarks

ON NINTH AUTO TOW RLSD AT 200FT AGL AFTR USING A

Cause factors

  • 64/A/17 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,ALTITUDE OR CLEARANCE Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/A/20 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. 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 1054. Source file NTSB_1975_3_1054.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.