NTSB CAROL · Event
Event DCA81AA009
Registry · N520S
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CIRRUS DESIGN SR22T
Year of manufacture
2022
Engine
CONT MOTOR TSIO-550-K (315 hp)
Seats / Engines
5 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20221216
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A68A7E
Registrant of record
AHWAH ENERGY LLC
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
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
LOCKHEED 1329 · N520S
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
ED
Operator type
Business
Airport
WESTCHESTER CNTY
Kind of flying
B3
Weather at impact
Sky
OBSCURATION
Wind
190° / 14 kt
Temp
53° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000005084
Total time
7,413 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
24,000
Age
63
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
FAILURE.UNDETECTED DEVIATION OF FLIGHTPATH.
Investigator remarks
PLT DISTRACTED AS A RESULT OF A MAJOR ELECT SYST
Cause factors
- 64/A/08 A PILOT IN COMMAND DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 75/J/AY J SYSTEMS OTHER Joint cause
- 82/J/A J WEATHER LOW CEILING Joint cause
- 82/J/B J WEATHER RAIN Joint cause
- 82/J/C J WEATHER FOG Joint cause
- 82/J/H J WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS Joint cause
- 82/J/I J WEATHER WIND SHEAR Joint cause
- 82/J/L J WEATHER TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS 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 1801.
Source file
NTSB_1981_3_1801.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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