NTSB CAROL · Event
Event NYC67F0516
Registry · N2511X
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
LANCAIR LC42-550FG
Year of manufacture
2005
Engine
CONT MOTOR IO-550 SERIES (300 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20050304
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A25DC6
Registrant of record
AIRCRAFT GUARANTY CORP TRUSTEE
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
CESSNA P206A · N2511X
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise climb (DB)
Operator type
D
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
340° / 8 kt
Aircraft history
Total time
393 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
400
Age
35
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
ENT. CRASH SITE ON FARM OWNED BY PLT.
Investigator remarks
PLT DOES NOT REMEMBER CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE ACCID
Cause factors
- 64/A/45 A PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,AND ALTITUDE Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/14 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 83/J/B J TERRAIN SNOW-COVERED 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
2 0074.
Source file
NTSB_1967_2_0074.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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