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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC75FFA27

1975-02-07 WALLKILL, New York, United States Serious 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N679P Piper PA-28 Serious

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

PIPER PA-28 · N679P

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

C0

Operator type

D

Airport

KOBELT

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

BROKEN

Wind

270° / 10 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000028-3962

Total time

1,443 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

45

Age

43

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

E RWY.

Investigator remarks

STRUCK 2 METAL POLES ABT 40FT OFF THE SIDE OF TH

Cause factors

64/C/80 C
PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND Cause
64/C/79 C
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause
64/B/81 B
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF
80/L/BB L
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES ICE/SLUSH ON RUNWAY
88/L/AQ L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DOWNWIND

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 0448. Source file NTSB_1975_3_0448.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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