NTSB CAROL · Event
Event NYC67D0643
Registry · N7455Y
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
PIPER PA-30
Year of manufacture
1964 · 3 years old at event
TCDS
A1EA · PIPER AIRCRAFT INC
Engine
LYCOMING IO-320 SERIES (150 hp)
Seats / Engines
6 seats · 2 engines
Last airworthiness date
19640710
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AA083B
Registrant of record
TOWNS BOBBY
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-30 · N7455Y
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
C0
Operator type
Business
Airport
WOODSTOCK
Kind of flying
B2
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
230° / 5 kt
Temp
60° F
Aircraft history
Total time
540 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
2,600
Age
42
Cause factors
- 64/A/33 A PILOT IN COMMAND EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/35 A PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/J/AP J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS RUNWAY CLOSED Joint cause
- 80/J/BL J AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES SOFT RUNWAY Joint cause
- 88/J/94 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE 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 1255.
Source file
NTSB_1967_3_1255.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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