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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC68D0379

1968-02-10 CANANDAIGUA, New York, United States Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N4154P

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-18-150

Year of manufacture

1989

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19891102

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A4E9A5

Registrant of record

BOSLOUGH CONSTRUCTION INC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N4154P Piper PA-23 Minor

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-23 · N4154P

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

E

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

D1

Operator type

Business

Kind of flying

B2

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

270° / 15 kt

Aircraft history

Total time

1,834 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

380

Age

41

Cause factors

64/C/21 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS Cause
88/C/72 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ICE-CARBURETOR Cause
88/C/02 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ANTI-ICING/DEICING EQUIPMENT-IMPROPER OPERATION OF/OR FAILED TO USE Cause
64/L/31 L
PILOT IN COMMAND LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT
88/L/48 L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FAILURE OF TWO OR MORE ENGINES
82/L/G L
WEATHER CONDITIONS CONDUCIVE TO CARB./INDUCTION SYSTEM ICING

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 0302. Source file NTSB_1968_3_0302.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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