NTSB CAROL · Event
Event NYC72DGM48
Registry · N513W
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CIRRUS DESIGN SR22
Year of manufacture
2007
TCDS
A00009CH · CIRRUS DESIGN CORP
Engine
CONT MOTOR IO-550-N (310 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20070914
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A66E88
Registrant of record
CAYUGA AVIATION LLC
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
PITTS SPCL S-1 · N513W
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D7
Operator type
D
Kind of flying
B1
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
270° / 12 kt
Temp
82° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000000023
Total time
139 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
3,334
Age
43
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
DE SNAP ROLL.UNABLE TO RECOVER.PLT BAILED OUT.
Investigator remarks
ENTERED INVERTED FLAT SPIN FROM ATTEMPT AT OUTSI
Cause factors
- 64/A/23 A PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/A/53 A PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED ALTITUDE Cause — pilot/personnel action
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 0459.
Source file
NTSB_1972_3_0459.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
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