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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC71FHD21

1970-08-26 MANAHAWKIN, New Jersey, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N5977U

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-28-140

Year of manufacture

1970 · 0 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19700429

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A7BAC8

Registrant of record

MORROW ROBERT H

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N5977U Piper PA-28 None

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-28 · N5977U

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

Part 121 (air carrier)

Airport

EAGLES NEST

Kind of flying

A1

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000028-26862

Total time

262 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

15

Age

30

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

/D ON ALL LDGS.HIT 2 PARKED ACFT.

Investigator remarks

PLT INSTRUCTED TO RETRACT FLAPS IMMEDIATELY ON T

Cause factors

64/C/08 C
PILOT IN COMMAND DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT Cause
64/C/79 C
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause
68/C/C1 C
PERSONNEL INADEQUATE TRAINING OF STUDENT 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 3568. Source file NTSB_1970_3_3568.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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