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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC79FFA17

1979-04-18 ORISKANY, New York, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N39006

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

GRUMMAN AMERICAN AA-1C

Engine

LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES (115 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19780613

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A48540

Registrant of record

CAPTAIN SOMEDAY INC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N39006 GRUM AMER AA-1C None

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

GRUM AMER AA-1C · N39006

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D2

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

0NEIDA COUNTY

Kind of flying

A0

Weather at impact

Sky

SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET

Wind

330° / 12 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000AA1C0180

Total time

244 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

9,300

Age

29

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

LEAKED,IMPACT DMG.BUSHING IN L AILERON BRG MISSING

Investigator remarks

FUEL SEL ON L TANK WHICH WAS FOUND EMPTY,R TANK

Cause factors

64/C/32 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL Cause
88/C/19 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS INATTENTIVE TO FUEL SUPPLY Cause
88/C/96 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION Cause
70/L/D2 L
AIRFRAME AILERON SURFACES,ATTACHMENTS
88/L/CV L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS VIBRATION,EXCESSIVE
88/L/90 L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MISSING

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 1943. Source file NTSB_1979_3_1943.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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