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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC76DFJ17

1976-03-14 ELMIRA, New York, United States Minor 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

SCHWEIZER SGS233 · N17965

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

C

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EB

Operator type

Part 91 (general aviation)

Airport

HARRIS HILLS

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

270° / 20 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

Z

Total time

406 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

127

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

RWY OVERSHOOT INCREASED BANK STALLED.WIND W 20K.

Investigator remarks

DRG TURN TO FINAL APCH PLT ATMTD TO CORRECT FOR

Cause factors

  • 64/A/16 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 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). Each row shows the raw triplet, modifier (Cause / Factor / etc.), category, and specific code.

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 0703. Source file NTSB_1976_3_0703.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.