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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC79FNC36

1979-07-10 NORTH CONWAY, New Hampshire, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N32127

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

WACO UPF-7

Year of manufacture

1941 · 38 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR W670 SERIES (250 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19600829

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A374C5

Registrant of record

CREMANTE LTD

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N32127 Waco UPF-7 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

WACO UPF-7 · N32127

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

D

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

150° / 10 kt

Temp

75° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000005759

Total time

4,316 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

GA (GA)

Total hours

17,000

Age

62

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

GED IN ACCESSORY GEAR SECTN, JUMPED VALVE TIMING.

Investigator remarks

REAR MAIN BEARING BALL RETAINERS CAME LOOSE, LOD

Cause factors

74/C/AY C
POWERPLANT OTHER Cause
88/C/AV C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS LOOSE,PART/FITTING Cause
83/B/F B
TERRAIN ROUGH/UNEVEN
88/K/94 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Joint factor

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 3028. Source file NTSB_1979_3_3028.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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