NTSB CAROL · Event
Event NYC77FFJ08
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
TED SMITH 601 · N7437S
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — level (EA)
Operator type
D
Airport
DUNKIRK
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
OVERCAST
Wind
280° / 30 kt
Temp
15° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000610008
Total time
1,200 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
1,500
Age
43
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
L CTC WITH ARPT,BECAME DISORIENTED.
Investigator remarks
PLT CANCELLED IFR PLAN.WHILE CIRCLING LOST VISUA
Cause factors
- 64/A/33 A PILOT IN COMMAND EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/66 A PILOT IN COMMAND SPATIAL DISORIENTATION Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 82/J/A J WEATHER LOW CEILING Joint cause
- 82/J/L J WEATHER TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS 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 3963.
Source file
NTSB_1976_3_3963.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
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