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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC66D0135

1965-07-26 NEWBURYPORT, Massachusetts, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N6084W

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

EUROCOPTER AS 350 B2 ECUREUIL

Year of manufacture

1992

TCDS

H9EU · AIRBUS HELICOPTERS

Engine

TURBOMECA ARRIEL 1SER (681 hp)

Seats / Engines

6 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19930601

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A7E7F0

Registrant of record

U S DEPT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N6084W Piper PA-28 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-28 · N6084W

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

Part 121 (air carrier)

Airport

PLUM ISLAND

Kind of flying

A1

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

270° / 6 kt

Temp

80° F

Aircraft history

Total time

479 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

28

Age

40

Investigator remarks

STUDENT ON THIRD SOLO FLIGHT.

Cause factors

64/C/79 C
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause
88/K/94 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Joint factor

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 2044. Source file NTSB_1965_3_2044.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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