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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC7LDNC03

1975-07-26 WARREN, Vermont, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N6442P

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-24-250

Year of manufacture

1959 · 16 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES (250 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19591119

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A876C3

Registrant of record

V & E AVIATION LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N6442P Piper PA-24 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

PIPER PA-24 · N6442P

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EB

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

WARREN-SUGARBUSH

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET

Wind

315° / 10 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000024-1555

Total time

3,583 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

421

Age

51

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ON EXPOSED RUNWAY LIP.

Investigator remarks

ACFT TOUCH-DOWN SHORT OF RUNWAY,LDG GEAR SHEARED

Cause factors

64/C/48 C
PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE Cause
64/B/07 B
PILOT IN COMMAND DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND
80/B/BY B
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES OTHER
82/L/H L
WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS

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 2123. Source file NTSB_1975_3_2123.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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