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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC81DHA12

1981-05-03 BLAIRSTOWN, New Jersey, 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

SCHWEIZER 1-35C · N2705H

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

C

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

D

Airport

BLAIRSTOWN

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

330° / 10 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000085

Total time

68 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

108

Age

40

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

EXPRNCD WND SHEAR NEAR ARPT.WIND GUSTS TO 12KTS.

Investigator remarks

PLT STD FORCED OUT OF POSITION DRNG TOW.OTR PLTS

Cause factors

  • 82/A/I A
    WEATHER WIND SHEAR Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 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 0827. Source file NTSB_1981_3_0827.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.