NTSB CAROL · Event
Event NYC72AN106
Registry · N6298X
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
BEECH A36
Engine
CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES (285 hp)
Seats / Engines
6 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19820128
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A83B32
Registrant of record
N111ES 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
AERO COMDR 500-B · N6298X
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
E
Airport
ROCHESTER
Kind of flying
CJ
Weather at impact
Sky
OVERCAST
Wind
320° / 9 kt
Temp
15° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
00001388-141
Total time
2,043 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
GA (GA)
Total hours
3,100
Age
27
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
R T/O. PLT HAD FLOWN 8 HRS IN LAST 24.
Investigator remarks
OBS SAW PLT MAKE LOW LEVEL TURN IMMEDIATELY AFTE
Cause factors
- 64/A/27 A PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/16 A PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/J/62 J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS PILOT FATIGUE 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 0121.
Source file
NTSB_1972_3_0121.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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