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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC75FNE35

1975-05-13 DANIELSON, Connecticut, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

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

PIPER PA-28 · N95011

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

Part 121 (air carrier)

Airport

DANIELSON

Kind of flying

A1

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000028-25776

Total time

3,314 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

23

Age

27

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

NGS WORN BRAKE PISTON EXTDD SEAL CAME OUT OF CYL.

Investigator remarks

LOST BRAKING ACTION ROLLED INTO FENCE.BRAKE LINI

Cause factors

  • 68/A/D6 A
    PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 70/A/CJ A
    AIRFRAME BRAKING SYSTEM (NORMAL SYSTEM) Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 75/A/BF A
    SYSTEMS SEALS Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/A/AJ A
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS LEAK/LEAKAGE Cause — pilot/personnel action

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 0810. Source file NTSB_1975_3_0810.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.