NTSB CAROL · Event
Event NYC67A0177
Registry · N5948Y
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
PIPER PA-23-250
Engine
LYCOMING TI0-540 SER (310 hp)
Seats / Engines
6 seats · 2 engines
Last airworthiness date
19660119
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A7AFCA
Registrant of record
FBM 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
BRANTLY B-2 · N5948Y
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Balloon
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EH
Operator type
Business
Airport
MONROEVILLE
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
210° / 7 kt
Temp
84° F
Aircraft history
Total time
441 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
1,303
Age
44
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
TO THE RT UNCONTROLLABLY.WAS LANDED WHILE TURNING.
Investigator remarks
ON COMING TO A HOVER BEFORE LANDING N5948Y SPUN
Cause factors
- 64/C/21 C PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS Cause
- 64/C/23 C PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS 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
2 0243.
Source file
NTSB_1967_2_0243.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
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