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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC76DFA44

1975-06-28 SARATOGA SPGS, New York, United States None 2 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N57085

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

RYAN AERONAUTICAL ST3KR

Year of manufacture

1942 · 33 years old at event

Engine

KINNER R5 SERIES (160 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19560326

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A751F7

Registrant of record

DODGE INC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

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

SCHWEIZER 2-33 · N57085

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

C

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

C0

Operator type

Part 91 (general aviation)

Airport

SARATOGA COUNTY

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET

Temp

65° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

Z

Total time

2,800 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

23

Age

29

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

S ELECTED TO LND ACFT ADJ TO RWY.

Investigator remarks

CARB HEAT IN THE ON PSN.PLT SENSED INADEQUATE A/

Cause factors

64/A/06 A
PILOT IN COMMAND DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF Cause — pilot/personnel action
64/A/23 A
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS 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 2016. Source file NTSB_1975_3_2016.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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