NTSB CAROL · Event
Event NYC70A0038
Registry · N6602Y
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
PIPER PA-28-140
Year of manufacture
1966 · 3 years old at event
Engine
LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20020301
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A8B6EE
Registrant of record
SOUTHERN AIRCRAFT CONSULTANCY INC 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
PIPER PA-23 · N6602Y
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D1
Operator type
Business
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
OBSCURATION
Aircraft history
Serial number
0000027-3906
Total time
305 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
1,138
Age
46
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
CK FOG SHROUDED MNTN RIDGE. RECOVERY DATE 9/30/69.
Investigator remarks
PLT BELIEVED TO HAVE SELECTED WRONG AIRWAY. STRU
Cause factors
- 64/A/27 A PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 82/J/A J WEATHER LOW CEILING Joint cause
- 82/J/C J WEATHER FOG Joint cause
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 3719.
Source file
NTSB_1969_3_3719.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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