NTSB CAROL · Event
Event NYC71FFJ34
Registry · N925D
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
STINSON 108-2
Year of manufacture
1947 · 24 years old at event
Engine
FRANKLIN 6A4165 SERIES (165 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S ACD108
Registrant of record
MARRI LUCAS A
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
STINSON 108-2 · N925D
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
C0
Operator type
D
Airport
TRI-CITIES
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
325° / 8 kt
Temp
70° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
0000108-2925
Total time
1,100 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
228
Age
39
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
PWR.HIT PA-28,N6342J,SUBST DMG.LEFT X-WIND,8K.
Investigator remarks
NO DUAL IN TYPE.RAISED TAIL IMTLY AFTR APPLYING
Cause factors
- 64/C/22 C PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS Cause
- 64/C/31 C PILOT IN COMMAND LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT 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 1689.
Source file
NTSB_1971_3_1689.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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