NTSB CAROL · CEN26FA257
DAKOTA CUB SUPER 18 · N84AJ
Plymouth, MA · Thu, 16 Jul 2026 07:40:00 UTC
Onboard
1
Fatal
1
Serious
0
Survived
0
Status: In work · Last updated: 26d ago · View docket on data.ntsb.gov →
NTSB record
The agency's structured fields, exactly as published in CAROL. Preliminary records contain location, aircraft, and the defining sequence of events. Probable-cause analysis lands months later with the factual report.
Aircraft
General aviation
- Make · Model
- DAKOTA CUB SUPER 18
- Registration
- N84AJ
- Registered owner
- PA-18 LLC
- Regulation
- Part 91 · General aviation
- Operation type
- Personal
- Defining event
- Approach · Other
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Construction
- Amateur-built
What outlets are reporting · 2 facts from 5/5 relevant headlines
Deterministically extracted from news headlines. Each fact is the literal phrasing the press used; the outlet count shows how many ran the same line. No AI inference, no rewrite — click an outlet to read the original. Headlines must mention this event's location, tail, or aircraft to be included.
- Casualties
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- Fatal event (count unspecified) 1 outlet
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- Victims
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- Role mentioned: pilot 3 outlets
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Extraction is rule-based and conservative — it surfaces what headlines literally say. Headlines that didn't mention this event's location, aircraft, or tail are excluded to keep facts attributable. The full press timeline below is unfiltered.
Press timeline · 5 headlines
Same-day coverage from Google News, queried on tail number, location, and aircraft type. Click through to the original outlet — we don't mirror or rehost.
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Thu, 16 Jul 2026 · CBS News
Small plane crashes in Plymouth, Massachusetts pond, pilot killed. "We heard the plane stall." - CBS News -
Thu, 16 Jul 2026 · Enterprise News
Pilot identified in fatal Plymouth plane crash - Enterprise News -
Thu, 16 Jul 2026 · The Patriot Ledger
Pilot dies in Plymouth MA plane crash in pond. See video - The Patriot Ledger -
Thu, 16 Jul 2026 · Plymouth Fire Department
Plymouth Fire Responds to Plane Crash into Curlew Pond - Plymouth Fire Department -
Tue, 13 Jan 2026 · Patch
Massachusetts Figure Skater Maxim Naumov Makes U.S. Olympic Team 1 Year After Parents Killed In Plane Crash - Patch
Refreshed 5d ago. Headlines via Google News RSS.
Queries used: "N84AJ" crash"Plymouth, MA" "plane crash" 2026.
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NTSB docket
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