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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC65F0094

1965-03-21 LAYTONSVILLE, Maryland, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N4584H

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-17

Year of manufacture

1948 · 17 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR A&C65 SERIES (65 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19580421

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A592C0

Registrant of record

SCOOTAIR LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N4584H Piper PA-17 None

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

PIPER PA-17 · N4584H

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

D

Airport

DAVIS

Kind of flying

A0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

250° / 15 kt

Temp

45° F

Aircraft history

Total time

975 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

1,473

Age

32

Investigator remarks

PARKED AIRCRAFT,ERCOUPE N99499, SUB. DAMAGE.

Cause factors

66/C/22 C
DUAL STUDENT 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 0445. Source file NTSB_1965_3_0445.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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