NTSB CAROL · Event
Event NYC69D0069
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
CESSNA 150 · N6804F
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
Personal/private
Airport
WARWICK
Kind of flying
A1
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Total time
1,287 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Airline transport
Total hours
63
Age
36
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
.
Investigator remarks
INTENTIONAL GRND LOOP TO AVOID LAKE. NO FLAP LDG
Cause factors
- 64/C/46 C PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED Cause
- 84/B/7 B MISCELLANEOUS EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION
- 64/L/71 L PILOT IN COMMAND MISUSED OR FAILED TO USE FLAPS
- 88/3/AW 3 MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FEMALE PILOT Subordinate · 3
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 2559.
Source file
NTSB_1968_3_2559.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
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