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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC77FHM22

1977-08-15 TETERBORO, New Jersey, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N33478

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

DJI AGRAS T50

0

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A3A819

Registrant of record

US AG LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N33478 Piper PA-28 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

PIPER PA-28 · N33478

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

C0

Operator type

Part 121 (air carrier)

Airport

TERBORO

Kind of flying

A0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

360° / 11 kt

Temp

68° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

002B-7525189

Total time

2,013 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

1,448

Age

45

Investigator remarks

AVOIDING TREES.

Cause factors

64/C/30 C
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT Cause
66/C/79 C
DUAL STUDENT Cause
84/C/7 C
MISCELLANEOUS EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION 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 2929. Source file NTSB_1977_3_2929.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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