NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MKC70DDM16
Registry · N1456B
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
LUSCOMBE 8F
Year of manufacture
1948 · 22 years old at event
Engine
CONT MOTOR C90 SERIES (95 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19560428
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A0B86F
Registrant of record
SALE REPORTED
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
LUSCOMBE 8A · N1456B
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Night
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
Part 91 (general aviation)
Airport
WINSTED MUNICIPAL
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Wind
200° / 30 kt
Temp
38° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000006083
Total time
1,997 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
444
Age
46
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
OSSWIND.
Investigator remarks
PLT ATTEMPTED LDG WITH 70 DEGREE 30KT GUSTING CR
Cause factors
- 64/C/33 C PILOT IN COMMAND EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT Cause
- 64/C/79 C PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause
- 82/C/H C WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS Cause
- 80/L/BA L AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES WET RUNWAY
- 80/L/BL L AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES SOFT RUNWAY
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 1755.
Source file
NTSB_1970_3_1755.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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