NTSB CAROL · Event
Event NYC67D0613
Registry · N6099W
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CESSNA P210N
Year of manufacture
1981
Engine
CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER (300 hp)
Seats / Engines
6 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19810616
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A7EC56
Registrant of record
GRIFFITH AVIATION CO
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 PA-28 · N6099W
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
Personal/private
Airport
SUSSEX AIRPORT
Kind of flying
A3
Weather at impact
Sky
UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
Wind
315° / 13 kt
Temp
40° F
Aircraft history
Total time
1,666 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Airline transport
Total hours
23
Age
35
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
SOLO FLIGHT.
Investigator remarks
RIGHT CROSSWIND 13 KNOTS AND GUSTY.UNSUPERVISED
Cause factors
- 64/C/22 C PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS Cause
- 82/L/H L WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS
- 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 1322.
Source file
NTSB_1967_3_1322.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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