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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC76FGM31

1976-04-04 WAYNESBURG, Pennsylvania, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N36159

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

TAYLORCRAFT BL12-65

Year of manufacture

1941 · 35 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-145B SERIES (65 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19550815

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A4132C

Registrant of record

MONDIK JAMES A

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N36159 Taylorcraft BL-12 None

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

TAYLORCRAFT BL-12 · N36159

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

D

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

BROKEN

Wind

230° / 10 kt

Temp

56° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000003138

Total time

1,651 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

400

Age

51

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

OND ICING,CARB HEAT NOT EFFECTIVE:

Investigator remarks

DURING FLT ENG DVLPD CARB ICE,CARB HEAT USED.SEC

Cause factors

64/C/21 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS Cause
88/C/02 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ANTI-ICING/DEICING EQUIPMENT-IMPROPER OPERATION OF/OR FAILED TO USE Cause
88/C/72 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ICE-CARBURETOR Cause
83/B/E B
TERRAIN HIDDEN OBSTRUCTIONS
82/L/G L
WEATHER CONDITIONS CONDUCIVE TO CARB./INDUCTION SYSTEM ICING

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 1415. Source file NTSB_1976_3_1415.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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