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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC78FFJ38

1978-09-10 ELMIRA, New York, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N711WK

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

BOMBARDIER INC BD-700-1A10

Year of manufacture

2017

Engine

ROLLS DEUT BR700-710A220

Seats / Engines

23 seats · 2 engines

Last airworthiness date

20171109

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A981C2

Registrant of record

TVPX AIRCRAFT SOLUTIONS INC TRUSTEE

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

N.AMERICAN N265 · N711WK

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EB

Operator type

Business

Airport

CHEMUNG CITY

Kind of flying

B2

Weather at impact

Sky

SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET

Wind

180° / 6 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000030640

Total time

3,774 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

GA (GA)

Total hours

7,852

Age

59

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

IP LEADING TO OVERRUN AREA.

Investigator remarks

PILOT WAS LANDING VFR.NOSE GEAR STRUCK 6IN RWY L

Cause factors

  • 64/C/48 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE Cause
  • 80/K/BK K
    AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES POORLY MAINTAINED RUNWAY SURFACE 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 2971. Source file NTSB_1978_3_2971.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.