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NYC78FGM04

1977-10-15 · FINLEYVILLE, Pennsylvania, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

N47282 has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (BOEING 737-8, built 2022), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
TAYLORCRAFT L-2M · N47282
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
D
Airport
FINLEYVILLE AIRPK
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR
Wind
225° / 11 kt
Temp
50° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000L-5182
Total time
1,113 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Airline transport
Total hours
71
Age
44

Investigator remarks

WIND GUSTING 26 KTS, CALM ON TKOF.

Cause factors

  • 64/C/29 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
  • 64/C/79 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause
  • 82/L/H L
    WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 2939. Source file NTSB_1977_3_2939.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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