NTSB CAROL · Event
Event NYC68F0021
Registry · N157SC
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
PIPER PA-18A 150
Year of manufacture
1957 · 10 years old at event
Engine
LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)
Seats / Engines
1 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19680318
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A0E5C3
Registrant of record
STONE WILLIAM E
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 E18S · N157SC
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
D
Airport
MILLVILLE MUNI
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Total time
1,943 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
8,000
Age
47
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
AVY BRAKING-BOTH WHEELS.
Investigator remarks
SKID MARKS ON GRASS AND PAVED AREAS INDICATED HE
Cause factors
- 64/C/45 C PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,AND ALTITUDE Cause
- 64/B/79 B PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL
- 88/L/15 L MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FAILED TO EXTEND THE LANDING FLAPS
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 1803.
Source file
NTSB_1967_3_1803.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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