NTSB CAROL · Event
Event NYC68I0088
Registry · N38280
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
BEECH C90
Engine
P&W CANADA PT6A-60A (1050 hp)
Seats / Engines
9 seats · 2 engines
Last airworthiness date
19810302
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A46641
Registrant of record
AEROTRUST SERVICES 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
FCHLD-HILLR FH-227 · N38280
Damage
Minor
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
C
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
EE
Airport
BARRE-MONTPELIER
Weather at impact
Sky
OVERCAST
Wind
360° / 25 kt
Temp
19° F
Pilot
Certificate
ZA (ZA)
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
Y ABOUT 100 FT FRM END.PLTS COULD NOT USE GRNDFINE
Investigator remarks
INTENTIONAL GRND-LOOP.-ACFT CAME TO REST OFF RNW
Cause factors
- 80/L/BC L AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES SNOW ON RUNWAY
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
4 0001.
Source file
NTSB_1968_4_0001.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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