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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC76FFJ20

1976-04-17 CANANDAIGUA, New York, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N6310W Piper PA-28 Minor

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

PIPER PA-28 · N6310W

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

Part 91 (general aviation)

Airport

CANANDAIGUA

Kind of flying

A0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

330° / 5 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000020368

Total time

1,346 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

1,416

Age

32

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

2 OTR TKOF ATTMPTS.SOFT SPOTS ON RWY.

Investigator remarks

ACFT SETTLED TO PLOWED GND SHORTLY AFTR L/O AND

Cause factors

64/C/35 C
PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN Cause
64/C/24 C
PILOT IN COMMAND PREMATURE LIFT-OFF Cause
64/C/16 C
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause
64/C/81 C
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF Cause
83/B/F B
TERRAIN ROUGH/UNEVEN
80/L/BA L
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES WET RUNWAY
88/K/94 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Joint factor

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 1398. Source file NTSB_1976_3_1398.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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