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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC77DFA06

1976-10-31 HANCOCK, New York, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N2Y

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

DAVISSON H K BUDD HOWARD DGA-3

Seats / Engines

1 seats · 1 engine

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A18F77

Registrant of record

HUMHREY CHARLES R

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N2Y Piper PA-23 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-23 · N2Y

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

Business

Airport

WHITE BIRCH

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Wind

270° / 3 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000023-1722

Total time

4,640 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

876

Age

32

Investigator remarks

RWY DOWNHILL GRADE ABT 3PCT IN NORTH DIRECTION.

Cause factors

64/C/46 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED Cause
64/B/07 B
PILOT IN COMMAND DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND
64/B/16 B
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
80/L/BY L
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES OTHER

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 3380. Source file NTSB_1976_3_3380.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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