NTSB CAROL · Event
Event NYC75FFJ09
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
VOLKSPLANE WE-I · N44CL
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D1
Operator type
Part 91 (general aviation)
Airport
HOPEWELL
Kind of flying
DB
Weather at impact
Sky
BROKEN
Wind
230° / 10 kt
Aircraft history
Serial number
0000CH-44-CL
Total time
2 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
2,000
Age
52
Investigator remarks
REWORKED BEARING SEIZED.LNDD IN CORN FLD.
Cause factors
- 68/C/D6 C PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause
- 74/C/AB C POWERPLANT CRANKSHAFT Cause
- 88/C/95 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause
- 64/B/25 B PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER LEVEL OFF
- 64/K/31 K PILOT IN COMMAND LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT Joint factor
- 83/K/F K TERRAIN ROUGH/UNEVEN 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
3 2780.
Source file
NTSB_1974_3_2780.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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