NTSB CAROL · Event
Event NYC78DHA31
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
SCHWEIZER 233 · N2467W
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
C
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EB
Operator type
Part 121 (air carrier)
Airport
P GLIDERPORT
Kind of flying
A3
Weather at impact
Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Wind
010° / 10 kt
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000027
Total time
1,400 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Airline transport
Total hours
25
Age
44
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
INAL. WIND GUSTING TO 15KTS.
Investigator remarks
HEAVY SINK RATE,HIT TOP OF TREE DURING TURN TO F
Cause factors
- 64/C/48 C PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE Cause
- 64/B/28 B PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS
- 82/L/H L WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS
- 83/K/I K TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS Joint factor
- 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 2598.
Source file
NTSB_1978_3_2598.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
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