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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC75FNA09

1974-07-27 NORWOOD, Massachusetts, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N199T

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

GRUMMAN G-44

Year of manufacture

1941 · 33 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING GO-480 SERIES (295 hp)

Seats / Engines

5 seats · 2 engines

Last airworthiness date

19710210

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A18B43

Registrant of record

HARDER MICHAEL U

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N199T Grumman G-44A None

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

GRUMMAN G-44A · N199T

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

D

Airport

NORWOOD MUNI

Kind of flying

DD

Weather at impact

Sky

SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET

Wind

180° / 5 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000001213

Total time

4,790 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

GA (GA)

Total hours

6,293

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

7HRS.

Investigator remarks

8HRS FLOWN LAST 24HR PERIOD.TOTAL FLT DURATION 1

Cause factors

64/C/25 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER LEVEL OFF Cause
64/C/79 C
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause
88/L/62 L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS PILOT FATIGUE
70/B/CY B
AIRFRAME OTHER
88/B/95 B
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE

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 2209. Source file NTSB_1974_3_2209.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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