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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC78FFA09

1977-12-06 UTICA, New York, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N14HC

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

DJI AGRAS T20

0

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A0A109

Registrant of record

HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

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

CESSNA 411A · N14HC

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

IMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — level (EA)

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

ONEIDA CO

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Wind

260° / 10 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

000411A-0268

Total time

4,857 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

1,948

Age

22

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

RWY CIRCLING FOR LDG.

Investigator remarks

ENCONTER ICING AFTR TKOF,RETURNED.STALLED ONTO

Cause factors

  • 64/A/45 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,AND ALTITUDE Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/A/16 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/A/13 A
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS NOT ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY/INTENDED LANDING AREA Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 82/J/F J
    WEATHER ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. Joint cause
  • 88/J/74 J
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS AIRFRAME ICE 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 3918. Source file NTSB_1977_3_3918.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.