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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC72DFA28

1972-01-05 FRANKFORT, New York, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N95266

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-28-140

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19690506

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AD3F5E

Registrant of record

AMEDEO SALVATORE

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N95266 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 · N95266

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

D

Airport

FRANKFORT HIGHLND

Kind of flying

A3

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

300° / 8 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

000028-25869

Total time

1,376 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

28

Age

25

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

.

Investigator remarks

INADVERTENTLY APPLIED RUDDER WHILE RAISING FLAPS

Cause factors

64/C/22 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS Cause
80/L/BC L
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES SNOW ON RUNWAY

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 1217. Source file NTSB_1972_3_1217.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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