NTSB CAROL · Event
Event NYC68A0032
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
LOCKHEED 10E · N233PB
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D1
Operator type
E
Airport
MARSHFIELD
Kind of flying
CI
Weather at impact
Sky
UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
Wind
225° / 8 kt
Temp
75° F
Aircraft history
Total time
5,275 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
5,408
Age
38
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
E.LT ENG UNABLE TO MAINTAIN SINGLE-ENG FLIGHT.
Investigator remarks
INTENTIONAL GR-UP LNDG IN MASS BAY.RT ENG FAILUR
Cause factors
- 74/C/KA C POWERPLANT POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS Cause
- 88/K/88 K MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER 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 4608.
Source file
NTSB_1967_3_4608.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
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