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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC75FNE40

1975-06-23 WATERBURY, Connecticut, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N1880G

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CHAMPION 7GCBC

Year of manufacture

1968 · 7 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19680528

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A160C3

Registrant of record

SCHOOL OF MISSIONARY AVIATION TECHNOLOGY

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N1880G Champion 7GCBA 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

CHAMPION 7GCBA · N1880G

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

Part 91 (general aviation)

Airport

PLYMOUTH

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

270° / 10 kt

Temp

85° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

Z

Total time

1,248 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

369

Age

55

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

THROTTLE AFTER LDG.

Investigator remarks

HIT N150K, SUBSTANTIAL DMG. PILOT DID NOT CLOSE

Cause factors

64/C/21 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS Cause
64/C/22 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS Cause

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 1778. Source file NTSB_1975_3_1778.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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