NTSB CAROL · Event
Event NYC72AN129
Registry · N132MA
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
MOONEY M20S
Year of manufacture
2001
Engine
CONT MOTOR IO-550 SERIES (300 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20010505
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A083B3
Registrant of record
BARRY CASEY B
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
MITSUBISHI MU-2G · N132MA
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D0
Operator type
Business
Airport
BADER
Kind of flying
B3
Weather at impact
Sky
BROKEN/LOWER SCATTERED
Wind
110° / 11 kt
Temp
53° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000503
Total time
1,110 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
GA (GA)
Total hours
8,000
Age
37
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
PACITATING ONE OR BOTH PLTS. FOG BANK ALONG SHORE.
Investigator remarks
EVIDENCE THAT GEESE HIT WINDSHIELD POSSIBLY INCA
Cause factors
- 84/C/0 C MISCELLANEOUS BIRD COLLISION Cause
- 88/K/88 K MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER Joint factor
- 82/L/C L WEATHER FOG
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 0669.
Source file
NTSB_1972_3_0669.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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