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NYC79FHD20

1978-07-12 · OXFORD, Pennsylvania, United States · Minor · 2 aircraft · Status: Completed

Current FAA registration · N49680

Make / Model
BOEING A75N1(PT17)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A629EB

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
STEARMAN A75N1 · N49680
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)
Airport
OXFORD
Kind of flying
CB

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number
0000027-4333
Total time
3,813 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
1,606
Age
23

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

AIRCRAFT RAN OFF RUNWAY INTO ROCK PILE.

Investigator remarks

PIC ABORTED TAKEOFF WHEN CABIN DOOR POPPED OPEN.

Cause factors

  • 74/C/KA C
    POWERPLANT POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS Cause

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 4394. Source file NTSB_1978_3_4394.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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