NTSB CAROL · Event
Event NYC71FHA21
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-24 · N6541P
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
Business
Airport
EASTON
Kind of flying
B2
Weather at impact
Sky
UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
Wind
110° / 8 kt
Temp
47° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
0000024-1663
Total time
2,208 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
1,262
Age
47
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
ON RWY FLAGGED ACFT.UNICOM NOT USED,LNDD OTR RWY.
Investigator remarks
RCVD ARPT ADVY,UNICOM.DURG APCH ELECT CO FLAGMAN
Cause factors
- 64/C/80 C PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND Cause
- 64/C/46 C PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED Cause
- 84/B/7 B MISCELLANEOUS EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION
- 68/L/K1 L PERSONNEL GROUND SIGNALMAN
- 80/L/BA L AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES WET RUNWAY
- 88/L/AQ L MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DOWNWIND
- 83/K/I K TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS Joint factor
- 88/K/94 K MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Joint factor
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 4205.
Source file
NTSB_1970_3_4205.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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