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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC75FNC35

1975-05-29 MILLINOCKET, Maine, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N4168A

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

EA VISION EA J100

0

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A4EDDB

Registrant of record

AGRI SPRAY DRONES LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N4168A Grumman TBM-3E Minor

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 TBM-3E · N4168A

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

C0

Operator type

Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)

Airport

MILLINOCKET MUNI

Kind of flying

CB

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

310° / 15 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000091565

Total time

1,000 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

4,500

Age

37

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

RAKES CKD OK.

Investigator remarks

WIND GUSTING 20K.COLLIDED WITH ROCKS AND TREES.B

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
82/L/H L
WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS
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 1182. Source file NTSB_1975_3_1182.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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