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NYC78FHA06

1977-11-19 · TANNERSVILLE, Pennsylvania, United States · Minor · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
WACO UPF7 · N167K
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D0
Operator type
D
Airport
BIRCHWOOD
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
BROKEN
Wind
300° / 20 kt
Temp
45° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000005586
Total time
1,805 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
8,000
Age
50

Investigator remarks

PEAK GUST 30KTS.

Cause factors

  • 64/A/16 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/A/28 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 82/J/H J
    WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS Joint cause

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 3479. Source file NTSB_1977_3_3479.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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