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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC77FGM20

1977-04-18 WEST MIFFLIN, Pennsylvania, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N485C

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

MEYERS INDUSTRIES INC 200A

Year of manufacture

1959 · 18 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES (260 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19600422

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A5FB5E

Registrant of record

SUNDALE AVIATION INC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N485C Meyers 200A 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

MEYERS 200A · N485C

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

D

Airport

ALLEGHENY COUNTY

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Wind

170° / 6 kt

Temp

65° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000253

Total time

2,266 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

278

Age

33

Investigator remarks

STRUCK RWY LIGHT.

Cause factors

64/C/25 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER LEVEL OFF Cause
64/3/79 3
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Subordinate · 3
88/3/AW 3
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FEMALE PILOT Subordinate · 3

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 0913. Source file NTSB_1977_3_0913.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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