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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC79FNA08

1978-12-17 STOW, Massachusetts, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

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

CESSNA 150K · N6219G

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EJ

Operator type

D

Airport

MINUTEMAN

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

250° / 15 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

000015071719

Total time

1,683 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

344

Age

58

Investigator remarks

HIT C-172,N78179,SUBST DMG.WIND GUSTING 25K.

Cause factors

  • 64/A/07 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/J/28 J
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS Joint cause
  • 82/J/H J
    WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS Joint 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 3981. Source file NTSB_1978_3_3981.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.