NTSB CAROL · Event
Event NYC70F0161
Registry · N2651S
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CESSNA 402C
Year of manufacture
1980
Engine
CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER (300 hp)
Seats / Engines
10 seats · 2 engines
Last airworthiness date
19800911
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A2941C
Registrant of record
HYANNIS AIR SERVICE INC
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
CESSNA 337C · N2651S
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — level (EA)
Operator type
Business
Airport
OCEAN COUNTY
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Serial number
0000337-0951
Total time
400 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
1,185
Age
30
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
COPILOT DIED 9/16/69. PLT SURVIVED.
Investigator remarks
FLEW INTO 60 FT TREES AT NIGHT ON DOWNWIND LEG.
Cause factors
- 64/A/53 A PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED ALTITUDE 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 2723.
Source file
NTSB_1969_3_2723.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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