NTSB CAROL · Event
Event NYC71DHJ05
Registry · N11DL
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
PIPER AEROSTAR 600
Year of manufacture
1979
Engine
LYCOMING IO-540 SER (300 hp)
Seats / Engines
6 seats · 2 engines
Last airworthiness date
19791030
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A02A30
Registrant of record
LEMIEUX THEODORE R
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
BELL 206A · N11DL
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Balloon
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EB
Operator type
Business
Kind of flying
B3
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
210° / 6 kt
Temp
72° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000434
Total time
433 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
2,555
Age
30
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
PT DURG OVR WATER APCH TO POORLY LITED HELIPAD.
Investigator remarks
PLT DVRTD ATTN TO TURN OFF LDG LITE AT CRITICAL
Cause factors
- 64/A/08 A PILOT IN COMMAND DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/66 A PILOT IN COMMAND SPATIAL DISORIENTATION Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 83/J/H J TERRAIN GLASSY WATER Joint cause
- 80/J/A9 J AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES OTHER Joint cause
- 88/J/88 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER 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 4496.
Source file
NTSB_1970_3_4496.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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