NTSB CAROL · Event
Event NYC66F0435
Registry · N1DA
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CESSNA 500
Seats / Engines
8 seats · 2 engines
Last airworthiness date
19781102
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A0004E
Registrant of record
DB AVIATION HOLDINGS GROUP 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
ERCOUPE 415-D · N1DA
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
D
Airport
MARLBORO
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
OVERCAST
Wind
200° / 12 kt
Temp
49° F
Aircraft history
Total time
1,288 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
85
Age
36
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
LANDED LONG-BRAKES A BIT WEAK.
Investigator remarks
ACFT ROLLED INTO BRUSH AT AIRPORT BOUNDARY.PILOT
Cause factors
- 68/C/D6 C PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause
- 70/C/CJ C AIRFRAME BRAKING SYSTEM (NORMAL SYSTEM) Cause
- 64/C/48 C PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE 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 4005.
Source file
NTSB_1965_3_4005.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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