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NYC75FHA42

1975-05-23 · HONESDALE, Pennsylvania, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

N221 has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (CESSNA 560, built 2002), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
CAMAIR 480 · N221
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
L
Airport
CHERRY RIDGE
Kind of flying
A0

Weather at impact

Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Wind
140° / 10 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number
00000001-062
Total time
2,088 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
4,000
Age
27

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

WARPED AND RIDGED.ROLLED DWN HILL HIT ROCKS.

Investigator remarks

PLT HEARD LOUD POP WHEN BRAKES APLD.L BRAKE DISC

Cause factors

  • 64/C/46 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED Cause
  • 64/B/82 B
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND
  • 70/L/CJ L
    AIRFRAME BRAKING SYSTEM (NORMAL SYSTEM)
  • 88/K/DH K
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY Joint factor
  • 80/K/BY K
    AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES OTHER Joint factor

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 1093. Source file NTSB_1975_3_1093.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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