NTSB CAROL · Event
Event NYC67D0615
Registry · N2305W
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
BEECH A23A
Year of manufacture
1965 · 2 years old at event
Engine
CONT MOTOR IO-346 SERIES (165 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19910502
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A20B9C
Registrant of record
ROBISON CHARLES R
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
BEECH A23A · N2305W
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
CLEAR
Wind
115° / 5 kt
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
190
Age
37
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
Y RUNWAY.
Investigator remarks
RIGHT QUARTERING TAIL WIND 5 KNOTS. WET AND SAND
Cause factors
- 64/C/46 C PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED Cause
- 88/J/AQ J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DOWNWIND 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 0778.
Source file
NTSB_1967_3_0778.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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