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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC77FNE06

1976-11-15 EAST HADDAM, Connecticut, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N2947P

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-22-150

Year of manufacture

1955 · 21 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20170407

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A307B1

Registrant of record

WHITE HAT REPAIR LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N2947P Piper PA-22 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-22 · N2947P

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

D

Airport

GOODSPEED

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000022-3219

Total time

1,674 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

425

Age

45

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

OPEN FIELD,APPLIED BRAKES,NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED

Investigator remarks

TOOK OFF ON EMPTY TANK,ENGINE STOPPED,LANDED IN

Cause factors

64/C/29 C
PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
64/C/32 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL Cause
88/C/63 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL EXHAUSTION Cause
64/B/22 B
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS
88/K/94 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Joint factor

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 4091. Source file NTSB_1976_3_4091.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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