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NYC76AN083

1976-02-22 · BURLINGTON, Vermont, United States · Serious · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
GRUMMAN G-1159 · N397F
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
Business
Airport
BURLINGTON INTL
Kind of flying
B3

Weather at impact

Sky
OVERCAST
Wind
350° / 21 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000000072
Total time
2,072 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
4,744
Age
31

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

WING STRUCK RUNWAY,THEN LFT WING,AIRCRFT CARTWHEEL

Investigator remarks

COMMENCED OSCILLATING ROLL ON FINAL APPROACH RT

Cause factors

  • 64/A/23 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 82/J/H J
    WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS Joint cause

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 2026. Source file NTSB_1976_3_2026.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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