NTSB CAROL · Event
Event NYC68F0411
Registry · N3560X
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CESSNA 182S
Year of manufacture
2001
TCDS
3A13 · TEXTRON AVIATION INC
Engine
LYCOMING IO-540 SER (300 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20010123
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A3FD85
Registrant of record
CAREY BRAD EUGENE
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
MITSUBISHI MU-2B · N3560X
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
D
Airport
GREATER PITTSBURG
Kind of flying
DC
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
270° / 10 kt
Temp
58° F
Aircraft history
Total time
139 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
GA (GA)
Total hours
12,950
Age
36
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
SIGNED DRAG LINK REPLACED BY MANUFACTURER.
Investigator remarks
DRAG LINK TWISTED,CAUSED NOSE GR TO JAM.NEWLY DE
Cause factors
- 70/A/CE A AIRFRAME NOSEWHEEL ASSEMBLIES Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 70/A/CM A AIRFRAME GEAR LOCKING MECHANISM Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/BA A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS BINDING Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 68/A/J2 A PERSONNEL POOR/INADEQUATE DESIGN Cause — pilot/personnel action
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 0828.
Source file
NTSB_1968_3_0828.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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