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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC65F0178

1965-05-09 SHIRLEY, Massachusetts, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N2058B

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

LUSCOMBE T-8F

Year of manufacture

1948 · 17 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR C90 SERIES (95 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19560413

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A1A808

Registrant of record

VANREETH PHILIP J

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N2058B Luscombe T8F 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

LUSCOMBE T8F · N2058B

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

D

Airport

SHIRLEY

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

BROKEN

Wind

270° / 18 kt

Temp

80° F

Aircraft history

Total time

2,682 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

403

Age

40

Investigator remarks

WIND GUSTING TO 18 KNOTS

Cause factors

64/A/28 A
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS 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 0819. Source file NTSB_1965_3_0819.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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