NTSB CAROL · Event
Event NYC67D0008
Registry · N98536
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
PIPER J3C-65
Year of manufacture
1946 · 20 years old at event
Engine
CONT MOTOR A&C65 SERIES (65 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19560708
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S ADC097
Registrant of record
BOIWKA JOSEPH M
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
PIPER J3 · N98536
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
B2
Operator type
Part 91 (general aviation)
Airport
LACONIA
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
280° / 28 kt
Temp
62° F
Aircraft history
Total time
4,567 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
92
Age
29
Cause factors
- 64/A/31 A PILOT IN COMMAND LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 82/J/H J WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS Joint cause
- 64/J/21 J PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS 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 1430.
Source file
NTSB_1966_3_1430.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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