NTSB CAROL · Event
Event NYC77DNC27
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
PIPER PA-34 · N33723
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Day
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
B1
Operator type
E
Airport
NORTHERN MAINE
Kind of flying
CI
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Serial number
0034-7570152
Total time
1,100 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
2,242
Age
27
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
LID ON ICE TO DRY TAXIWAY.
Investigator remarks
TAXIWAY HAD 5DEG DOWNSLOPE & PATCH OF ICE.ACFT S
Cause factors
- 64/A/50 A PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 68/J/H2 J PERSONNEL IMPROPER/INADEQUATE SNOW REMOVAL Joint cause
- 80/J/BP J AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES ICE/SLUSH ON RAMP/TAXIWAY Joint cause
- 80/J/BY J AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES OTHER Joint cause
- 88/J/94 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Joint cause
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 0978.
Source file
NTSB_1977_3_0978.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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