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NYC80FGT20

1980-08-29 · JULIAN, Pennsylvania, United States · Serious · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
SCHREDER HP-11A · N4742G
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
C
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
D
Airport
BALD EAGLE
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR
Temp
88° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000000057
Total time
362 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
224
Age
18

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

LLED DRG TURN BACK TO RWY.

Investigator remarks

RLSD FM TOW ROPE APRX 200FT AGL FOR UNKN RSN.STA

Cause factors

  • 64/A/16 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/J/31 J
    PILOT IN COMMAND LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT Joint cause

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 2377. Source file NTSB_1980_3_2377.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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