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NYC78FHA34

1978-09-17 · POTTSTOWN, Pennsylvania, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Current FAA registration · N46Y

Make / Model
BOEING B75
Year of manufacture
1941 · 37 years old at event
Engine
LYCOMING R680-4P-B4 (225 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19610817
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A59968

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
STEARMAN PT-17 · N46Y
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
D
Airport
POTTSTOWN-LMRK
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR
Temp
70° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
0000075-1377
Total time
4,260 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
423
Age
46

Cause factors

  • 64/C/79 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause
  • 88/K/94 K
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Joint factor

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 2592. Source file NTSB_1978_3_2592.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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