NTSB CAROL · Event
Event NYC76FFJ01
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
METCALF SPORT · N33513
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
D
Airport
HAMBURG AERODROME
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Temp
67° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000003
Total time
21 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
1,200
Age
56
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
FT HIT BRIDGE AND CRASHED. ACFT OVER GROSS WT LIM.
Investigator remarks
TIMING OUT OF LIMITS. WRONG TYPE SPARK PLUGS. AC
Cause factors
- 64/L/29 L PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING
- 68/C/D6 C PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause
- 74/C/BC C POWERPLANT SPARK PLUG Cause
- 88/C/46 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS WRONG PART Cause
- 64/B/81 B PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF
- 88/L/76 L MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G.
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 2928.
Source file
NTSB_1976_3_2928.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
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