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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC67D0166

1966-06-15 NEWBURYPORT, Massachusetts, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N5651H

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-16

Engine

LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES (115 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19550717

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A73C00

Registrant of record

CRAMER NICHOLAS R

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N5651H Piper PA-16 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-16 · N5651H

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

D

Airport

PLUM ISLAND

Kind of flying

A0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

315° / 10 kt

Temp

70° F

Aircraft history

Total time

1,701 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Flight instructor (CFI)

Total hours

1,400

Age

20

Cause factors

68/A/D0 A
PERSONNEL IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) Cause — pilot/personnel action
70/A/CJ A
AIRFRAME BRAKING SYSTEM (NORMAL SYSTEM) Cause — pilot/personnel action
75/A/BD A
SYSTEMS RESERVOIR,LINES,FITTINGS Cause — pilot/personnel action
88/J/AJ J
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS LEAK/LEAKAGE 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 1925. Source file NTSB_1966_3_1925.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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