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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC79FGM47

1979-09-17 GREENVILLE, Pennsylvania, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N7FB

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

BEHNE TEENIE 2

Year of manufacture

1976 · 3 years old at event

Engine

VOLKSWAGEN CONVERSION (36 hp)

Seats / Engines

1 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19780816

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A9505B

Registrant of record

JEDINAK RONALD W

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

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

TEENIE 2 · N7FB

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D0

Operator type

D

Airport

GREENVILLE

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

230° / 5 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000001

Total time

166 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

1,665

Age

52

Investigator remarks

CYL #'S 2,3,&4 LEAKING.

Cause factors

  • 68/C/D6 C
    PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause
  • 74/C/AD C
    POWERPLANT CYLINDER ASSEMBLY Cause
  • 88/C/AN C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS LOW COMPRESSION Cause
  • 74/C/BA C
    POWERPLANT MAGNETOS Cause
  • 88/C/BX C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS GROUNDED Cause

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 2985. Source file NTSB_1979_3_2985.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.