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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC76DHA36

1976-05-23 MARTINS CREEK, Pennsylvania, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N3ST

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

LEARJET INC 45

Year of manufacture

2014

Engine

HONEYWELL TFE731-40BR-1

Seats / Engines

12 seats · 2 engines

Last airworthiness date

20141218

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A31C42

Registrant of record

SOUTHERN TIRE AVIATION LLC

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

DUSTER BJ18 · N3ST

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

C

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

D

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

320° / 16 kt

Temp

80° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000017

Total time

10 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

3,769

Age

31

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

TITUDE.ON LNDG ROLL OFF APT AFCT STRUCK ROCK.

Investigator remarks

DURING CROSS COUNTRY GLIDER FLT THE AFCT LOST AL

Cause factors

  • 64/A/27 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 83/A/E A
    TERRAIN HIDDEN OBSTRUCTIONS 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 1419. Source file NTSB_1976_3_1419.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.