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NYC76DGM17

1975-12-05 · SLIPPERY ROCK, Pennsylvania, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Current FAA registration · N22683

Make / Model
FUNK B75L
Year of manufacture
1939 · 36 years old at event
Engine
LYCOMING O&GO-145C SER (75 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19580715
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A1FAD7

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
FUNK B75L · N22683
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EB
Operator type
D
Airport
FLYING ACRES
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR
Wind
220° / 7 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000000010
Total time
403 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
156
Age
25

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

WING HIT TOP OF PINE TREE.WIND GUSTING 15K.

Investigator remarks

ABT 85-90FT FM THRESHOLD ACFT ENCTRD WIND GUST.L

Cause factors

  • 64/C/48 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE Cause
  • 64/B/82 B
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND
  • 82/L/M L
    WEATHER DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS
  • 83/K/I K
    TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS Joint factor

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 4085. Source file NTSB_1975_3_4085.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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