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NYC79FA035

1979-04-04 · NEWBURG, New York, United States · Serious · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
BEECH E-18 · N149PA
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
EJ
Operator type
E
Airport
STEWART
Kind of flying
CJ

Weather at impact

Sky
BROKEN
Wind
120° / 14 kt
Temp
37° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000BA-412
Total time
5,010 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
3,897
Age
29

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

R TO HIS ENTERING HOLDING.

Investigator remarks

PILOT INFORMED OF ICING AT HOLDING ALTITUDE PRIO

Cause factors

  • 64/A/27 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/J/74 J
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS AIRFRAME ICE Joint cause
  • 82/J/F J
    WEATHER ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. Joint cause

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 1088. Source file NTSB_1979_3_1088.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.